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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and general practice contacts related to Lyme Borreliosis

From: Diagnostic behaviour of general practitioners when suspecting Lyme disease: a database study from 2010-2015

Variables

Number

Percent

Patients (N = 2311)

Gender, female

1371

59.3

Age, mean (95% CI)a

39.65 (38.85-40.52)

 

  ≤ 18

389

16.8

 19-64

1639

70.9

  ≥ 65

283

12.2

Contacts (N = 3681)

Type of contact

 Consultations

2796

76.0

 Telephone

869

23.6

 Home visits

12

0.3

 E-mail

4

0.1

Year of contact

 2010

635

17.3

 2011

715

19.4

 2012

548

14.9

 2013

694

18.9

 2014

740

20.1

 2015b

349

9.5

  1. CI Confidence Interval
  2. aAge at time of the first contact of an episode
  3. bOnly first six months available