Table 2.

Average annual percentage increase in rate of test ordering by age group

Age group (years)	Average annual percentage increase (95% CI)
	2000/1-2015/16	2004/5-2015/16
0-4	6.5 (5.7 to 7.4)	3.6 (3.1 to 4.2)
5-14	6.5 (5.9 to 7.0)	4.6 (4.2 to 4.9)
15-24	7.2 (6.5 to 7.9)	4.5 (3.8 to 5.2)
25-44	7.6 (6.8 to 8.4)	4.8 (4.0 to 5.6)
45-64	7.8 (7.1 to 8.5)	4.3 (3.7 to 5.1)
65-74	8.3 (7.4 to 9.2)	3.4 (2.6 to 4.4)
75-84	9.8 (8.8 to 10.8)	4.7 (3.7 to 5.7)
≥85	11.1 (9.8 to 12.4)	5.7 (4.6 to 6.8)
Total	8.5 (7.6 to 9.3)	4.3 (3.4 to 5.1)