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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

From: Morbidity, mortality and missed appointments in healthcare: a national retrospective data linkage study

 

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%