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Table 1 Age, sex, SIMD, long-term conditions, school exclusions, school attendance quartiles and SCQF 3 or 6 attainment by GP missed appointments category

From: Educational associations with missed GP appointments for patients under 35 years old: administrative data linkage study

Demographic factor

Missed appointment category

Number (percentage of category)

Zero

Low

Medium

High

Total

Age

 6–10

1884, [71.7%]

563, [21.4%]

141, [5.4%]

41, [1.6%]

2629, [100%]

 11–14

17,118, [69.6%]

5735, [23.3%]

1347, [5.5%]

390, [1.6%]

24,590, [100%]

 15–24

39,402, [52.8%]

22,069, [29.6%]

9219, [12.4%]

3918, [5.3%]

74,608, [100%]

 25–34

4211, [58.1%]

2009, [27.7%]

731, [10.1%]

295, [4.1%]

7246, [100%]

Sex

 Female

30,696, [53.4%]

16,411, [28.5%]

7115, [12.4%]

3285, [5.7%]

57,507, [100%]

 Male

31,919, [61.9%]

13,965, [27.1%]

4323, [8.4%]

1359, [2.6%]

51,566, [100%]

SIMD

 1

5669, [45%]

4016, [31.9%]

1985, [15.8%]

928, [7.4%]

12,598, [100%]

 2

5095, [48%]

3388, [31.9%]

1451, [13.7%]

685, [6.5%]

10,619, [100%]

 3

5582, [52.2%]

3203, [29.9%]

1345, [12.6%]

572, [5.3%]

10,702, [100%]

 4

5263, [53.2%]

2890, [29.2%]

1203, [12.2%]

529, [5.4%]

9885, [100%]

 5

5524, [55.4%]

2883, [28.9%]

1119, [11.2%]

452, [4.5%]

9978, [100%]

 6

6378, [61.2%]

2753, [26.4%]

981, [9.4%]

314, [3%]

10,426, [100%]

 7

7213, [62.4%]

3035, [26.2%]

950, [8.2%]

368, [3.2%]

11,566, [100%]

 8

6024, [61.7%]

2598, [26.6%]

829, [8.5%]

310, [3.2%]

9761, [100%]

 9

6338, [64.6%]

2465, [25.1%]

759, [7.7%]

250, [2.5%]

9812, [100%]

 10

8137, [71.3%]

2551, [22.4%]

575, [5%]

143, [1.3%]

11,406, [100%]

Number of long-term conditions (LTCs)

 None

44,448, [65.8%]

17,139, [25.4%]

4751, [7%]

1208, [1.8%]

67,546, [100%]

 One to three

18,060, [44.2%]

13,092, [32%]

6525, [16%]

3212, [7.9%]

40,889, [100%]

 Four plus

107, [16.8%]

145, [22.7%]

162, [25.4%]

224, [35.1%]

638, [100%]

Ever excluded from school

 No

59,934, [59.1%]

27,747, [27.4%]

9915, [9.8%]

3782, [3.7%]

101,378, [100%]

 Yes

2681, [34.8%]

2629, [34.2%]

1523, [19.8%]

862, [11.2%]

7695, [100%]

School attendance quartile

 1 (lowest attendance)

17,650, [63.4%]

7162, [25.7%]

2192, [7.9%]

814, [2.9%]

27,818, [100%]

 2

16,271, [57.9%]

7889, [28.1%]

2794, [9.9%]

1131, [4%]

28,085, [100%]

 3

17,267, [61.2%]

7571, [26.8%]

2579, [9.1%]

812, [2.9%]

28,229, [100%]

 4 (highest attendance)

12,656, [44.6%]

8899, [31.3%]

4561, [16.1%]

2286, [8%]

28,402, [100%]

SCQF level

 3

7783, [38%]

6692, [32.7%]

3942, [19.2%]

2072, [10.1%]

20,489, [100%]

 6

27,239, [58.6%]

13,292, [28.6%]

4478, [9.6%]

1472, [3.2%]

46,481, [100%]