Table 1.

Patient demographic factors for categories of long-term conditions (LTCs). Missed appointment category was defined as average annual rate of missed appointments over a 3-year period, as follows: zero, 0; low, < 1; medium, 1–2; high, > 2

	No LTCs n = 338,372 (41.1%)	One to three LTC n = 375,893 (45.7%)	Four plus LTC n = 109,579 (13.3%)	Overall n = 824,374
Missed appointment category; missing values n = 0
Zero	226,190 51.5%	182,682 41.6%	30,720 7%	439,592 100%
Low	84,556 37%	111,928 49%	31,881 14%	228,365 100%
Medium	22,157 22.8%	51,569 53.1%	23,351 24.1%	97,077 100%
High	5819 9.8%	29,714 50.1%	23,807 40.1%	59,340 100%
Age; missing values n = 6650 (0.8%)
0–15	100,880 80.8%	25,910 19.2%	22 0%	134,732 100%
16–30	95,785 56.7%	70,320 41.7%	2686 1.6%	168,791 100%
31–45	70,040 41.1%	89,731 52.7%	10,622 6.2%	170,393 100%
46–60	41,401 24.1%	103,869 60.5%	26,330 15.3%	171,600 100%
61–75	13,701 11.7%	65,359 55.6%	38,507 32.8%	117,567 100%
76–90	2225 4.5%	18,987 38.5%	28,070 57%	49,282 100%
90 plus	201 3.8%	1637 30.5%	3521 65.7%	5359 100%
Sex; missing values n = 0
Male	169,052 44.1%	168,677 44%	45,729 11.9%	45,729 11.9%
Female	169,670 38.5%	207,216 47%	64,030 14.5%	440,916 100%
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; missing values n = 19,082 (2.3%)
1	30,755 35.7%	41,730 48.5%	13,571 15.8%	86,056 100%
2	26,708 36.1%	35,288 47.7%	11,924 16.1%	73,920 100%
3	28,575 37.4%	35,732 46.8%	12,050 15.8%	76,357 100%
4	28,106 38.3%	34,003 46.3%	11,257 15.3%	73,366 100%
5	30,064 39.7%	34,634 45.8%	11,002 14.5%	75,700 100%
6	34,264 42.3%	36,724 45.3%	10,075 12.4%	81,063 100%
7	36,838 41.3%	40,844 45.7%	11,601 13%	89,283 100%
8	33,476 43.7%	34,293 44.7%	8882 11.6%	76,651 100%
9	32,405 43%	34,089 45.2%	8854 11.8%	75,348 100%
10	47,717 48.9%	40,745 41.8%	9086 9.3%	97,548 100%