Table 2.

Consultations by sociodemographic characteristics (N = 1 258 919)

		Duration of consultations (includes consultations ≥2 minutes)			Number of consultations ≥2 minutes per patient over 2 years
		Consultations (N)	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Sex	Males	492 383	10.9	7.8	6.7	7.9
	Females	766 536	11.0	7.8	8.6	9.1
Age (years)	18–29	139 667	10.6	7.4	5.7	6.2
	30–39	154 375	10.9	7.6	6.3	7.0
	40–49	204 351	11.2	7.7	6.5	7.1
	50–59	216 932	11.1	7.6	7.3	7.8
	60–69	220 044	10.9	7.7	8.6	8.9
	70–79	192 617	10.9	7.9	11.0	10.6
	≥80	130 933	10.7	8.9	13.0	13.7
GP registrar	No (Qualified GP)	1 150 219	10.6	7.5	—	—
	Yes	108 700	14.4	9.4	—	—
GP sex	Male	666 793	10.3	7.7	—	—
	Female	582 178	11.5	7.8	—	—
	Unknown	9948	12.1	8.9	—	—
Rural–urban classification	Rural	160 824	10.7	7.9	8.0	9.1
	Urban city	656 125	11.0	7.6	7.6	8.4
	Urban conurbation	441 970	11.0	8.0	7.8	8.8
IMD	Q1 (least deprived)	318 041	11.2	7.9	7.6	8.5
	Q2	258 653	11.0	7.8	7.5	8.8
	Q3	258 678	10.9	7.8	7.8	8.7
	Q4	236 385	10.8	7.8	7.9	8.5
	Q5 (most deprived)	187 162	10.7	7.6	8.0	78.5
Multimorbidity level	0 conditions	312 485	10.8	7.3	4.3	4.6
	1 condition	286 130	10.9	7.5	7.0	6.5
	2 conditions	218 395	10.9	7.7	9.2	8.1
	3 conditions	162 367	11.0	8.0	11.5	10.2
	4–5 conditions	187 229	11.0	8.2	14.4	13.1
	≥6 conditions	92 313	11.2	8.9	18.7	18.1
Multimorbidity type	Not multimorbida	598 615	10.8	7.4	5.6	4.8
	Multimorbid	660 304	11.0	8.1	11.8	11.5
	Of which:
	Multimorbid — physical onlyb	397 098	10.9	8.0	11.0	10.3
	Multimorbid — including a mental health conditionc	263 206	11.1	8.3	13.4	13.2

^a0–1 long-term condition.

^b≥2 physical conditions and no mental health conditions.

^c≥2 conditions with ≥1 mental health condition. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. Q = quintile. SD = standard deviation.