Table 3.

Number of cough presentations adjusted weekly rate of GP presentations for cough and four control symptoms in patients aged 50 years and cough presentations by age group.

	2015; n	2016; n	Change (n)	% change	P-value
Number of presentations per practice per week in patients over the age of 50 (adjusteda)
Cough
Pre-campaign	7.9	7.6	−0.3	−3.1
Campaign	6.0	7.7	1.7	28.9	<0.001
Post-campaign	8.1	8.3	0.2	2.1
Urinary tract infection
Pre-campaign	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.1
Campaign	1.0	1.1	0.1	4.5	0.77
Post-campaign	1.1	1.1	0.1	6.3
Neck pain
Pre-campaign	1.0	1.1	0.1	3.0
Campaign	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.26
Post-campaign	1.1	1.1	0.0	−2.2
Shoulder pain
Pre-campaign	0.1	0.1	0.0	5.9
Campaign	0.1	0.1	0.0	14.7	0.23
Post-campaign	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8
Knee pain
Pre-campaign	3.2	3.2	0.0	2.1
Campaign	2.9	3.1	0.2	5.1	0.37
Post-campaign	2.9	3.0	0.1	1.7
Number of presentations for cough symptom during the campaign period (July and August 2016) and corresponding time period in the previous year (July and August 2015) by age group
Age group
0–9	5745	6612	867	15.1	<0.001
10–19	1870	2061	191	10.2	0.002
20–29	2112	2561	449	21.3	<0.001
30–39	2155	2747	592	27.5	<0.001
40–49	3075	3673	598	19.4	<0.001
50–59	4197	5324	1127	26.9	<0.001
60–69	5374	6605	1231	22.9	<0.001
70–79	4676	5900	1224	26.2	<0.001
80+	3050	3678	628	20.6	<0.001
Total aged 50+	17,297	21,507	4210	24.3	<0.001
Total all ages	32,254	39,161	6907	21.4	<0.001

Results in bold indicate a statistically significant change between 2015 and 2016

^aAdjusted for working days