Demographics of the OOH appointment attendances by deprivation pentile
| IMD pentile based on home postal code†, N (%) | Total | Rate 000* | ||||||
| Least | Second | Third | Fourth | Most | Missing | |||
| Total IMD pentile | 4330 (17.8%) | 3500 (14.3%) | 4163 (17.0%) | 3288 (13.4%) | 9089 (37.2%) | 75 (0.3%) | 24 448 | |
| Male | 1829 (18.6%) | 1372 (14.0%) | 1704 (17.3%) | 1336 (13.6%) | 3552 (36.1%) | 33 (0.3%) | 9826 (40.2%) | 33.20 |
| Female | 2500 (17.1%) | 2128 (14.6%) | 2459 (16.8%) | 1952 (13.4%) | 5537 (37.9%) | 42 (0.3%) | 14 618 (60.0%) | 50.78 |
| Missing | 1 (25.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (75.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 | N/A |
| Age group | ||||||||
| <1 year | 235 (16.4%) | 168 (11.7%) | 226 (15.8%) | 183 (12.8%) | 621 (43.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1434 (5.9%) | 249.65 |
| 1.0–4.9 | 529 (16.5%) | 400 (12.5%) | 523 (16.3%) | 394 (12.3%) | 1352 (42.3%) | 2 (0.1%) | 3200 (13.15) | 117.74 |
| 5.0–15.9 | 469 (18.6%) | 357 (14.1%) | 379 (15.0%) | 278 (11.0%) | 1043 (41.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2526 (10.3%) | 36.8 |
| 16.0–24.9 | 486 (15.1%) | 435 (13.5%) | 541 (16.8%) | 503 (15.7%) | 1238 (38.5%) | 10 (0.3%) | 3213 (13.1%) | 34.07 |
| 25.0–34.9 | 551 (14.5%) | 485 (12.8%) | 615 (16.2%) | 541 (14.2%) | 1588 (41.8%) | 18 (0.5%) | 3798 (15.5%) | 44.78 |
| 35.0–59.9 | 1304 (19.3%) | 1048 (15.5%) | 1207 (17.9%) | 896 (13.3%) | 2270 (33.6%) | 30 (0.4%) | 6755 (27.6%) | 37.07 |
| 60.0+ | 756 (21.5%) | 607 (17.2%) | 672 (19.1%) | 493 (14.0%) | 980 (27.8%) | 14 (0.4%) | 3522 (14.5%) | 29.21 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 1049 (16.3%) | 970 (15.1%) | 1183 (18.4%) | 801 (12.5%) | 2403 (37.4%) | 13 (0.2%) | 6419 (26.3%) | * |
| Asian | 179 (8.6%) | 83 (4.0%) | 383 (18.5%) | 353 (17.0%) | 1069 (51.5%) | 7 (0.3%) | 2074 (8.5%) | |
| Black | 15 (3.5%) | 17 (3.9%) | 52 (12.0%) | 77 (17.8%) | 270 (62.4%) | 2 (0.5%) | 433 (1.8%) | |
| Mixed | 2080 (19.7%) | 1568 (14.8%) | 1789 (16.9%) | 1428 (13.5%) | 3675 (34.7%) | 41 (0.4%) | 10 581 (43.3%) | |
| Missing | 1007 (20.4%) | 862 (17.4%) | 756 (15.3%) | 629 (12.7%) | 1675 (33.9%) | 12 (0.2%) | 4941 (20.2%) | |
| No of attendances over the length of the evaluation | ||||||||
| 1 time | 2968 (18.3%) | 2337 (14.4%) | 2844 (17.6%) | 2173 (13.4%) | 5824 (36.0%) | 50 (0.3%) | 16 196 (66.2%) | |
| 2 times | 948 (17.4%) | 776 (14.2%) | 914 (16.8%) | 704 (12.9%) | 2082 (38.2%) | 22 (0.4%) | 5446 (22.2%) | |
| 3 times | 225 (13.7%) | 219 (13.3%) | 282 (17.2%) | 237 (14.4%) | 678 (41.2%) | 3 (0.2%) | 1644 (2.6%) | |
| 4+ times | 189 (16.3%) | 168 (14.5%) | 123 (10.6%) | 174 (15.0%) | 508 (43.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1162 (4.8%) | |
| Urgency as rated by GP‡ | ||||||||
| Urgent | 266 (16.6%) | 215 (13.4%) | 240 (14.9%) | 202 (12.6%) | 675 (42.0%) | 9 (0.6%) | 1607 (6.6%) | |
| Non-urgent needs FU | 2681 (17.5%) | 2172 (14.2%) | 2580 (16.8%) | 2048 (13.4%) | 5792 (37.8%) | 45 (0.3%) | 15 318 (62.7%) | |
| Managed no FU | 1276 (18.6%) | 1029 (15.0%) | 1243 (18.1%) | 937 (13.6%) | 2365 (34.4%) | 17 (0.2%) | 6867 (28.1%) | |
| Did not attend | 75 (14.5%) | 59 (11.4%) | 76 (14.7%) | 84 (16.3%) | 220 (42.6%) | 2 (0.4%) | 516 (2.1%) | |
| Inappropriate | 30 (23.4%) | 25 (19.5%) | 24 (18.8%) | 15 (11.7%) | 34 (26.6%) | 0 (0%) | 128 (0.5%) | |
*Taken from a census on Sheffield CCG region as the project started—not all variables were available.
†See Smith et al.19
‡See classification of original categories in text.
CCG, clinical commissioning group; FU, follow-up; GP, general practitioner; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; N/A, not applicable; OOH, out-of-hours.