Table 2 The proportion (%) of gender, age, consultation with GP and nurse and urgency of consultation by study years
Year | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||||||||
Female | 63.8 | 63.7 | 63.9 | 62.3 | 62.7 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 61.0 | 61.2 | 63.0 | |
Male | 36.2 | 36.3 | 36.1 | 37.7 | 37.3 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 39.0 | 38.8 | 37.0 | |
Age | |||||||||||
<18 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | |
18-64 | 62.6 | 61.9 | 61.7 | 61.8 | 59.1 | 61.5 | 59.2 | 57.0 | 57.8 | 60.6 | |
>65 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 32.0 | 31.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 34.7 | 36.7 | 35.4 | 32.9 | |
Consultation with | |||||||||||
GP | 69.8 | 69.1 | 65.2 | 66.5 | 67.3 | 68.9 | 68.2 | 63.9 | 65.4 | 65.1 | |
Nurse | 30.2 | 30.9 | 34.8 | 33.5 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 36.1 | 34.6 | 34.9 | |
Urgency | |||||||||||
Acute | 28.3 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 30.3 | 28.7 | 31.6 | 28.3 | |
Subacute | 18.1 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 23.1 | ||
Not urgent | 56.3 | 53.2 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 47.9 | 53.0 | 49.1 | 48.7 | ||