Number of emergency and non-emergency general admissions by social class in men and women from the Renfrew and Paisley study
| Social classes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I and II | IIINM | IIIM | IV and V | |
| Women | ||||
| Number of women | 1451 | 1975 | 1486 | 3076 |
| Person-years | 37 262 | 50 869 | 33 980 | 72 487 |
| Emergency admissions | ||||
| Number of admissions | 3848 | 5590 | 3953 | 8967 |
| Admissions* | 103 | 110 | 116 | 124 |
| Rate ratio1 | 1 | 1.06 (0.99 to 1.14) | 1.10 (1.01 to 1.18) | 1.18 (1.11 to 1.26) |
| Rate ratio2 | 1 | 1.05 (0.98 to 1.13) | 1.02 (0.94 to 1.10) | 1.07 (1.01 to 1.15) |
| Non-emergency admissions | ||||
| Number of admissions | 4760 | 6590 | 3975 | 8446 |
| Admissions* | 128 | 130 | 117 | 117 |
| Rate ratio1 | 1 | 1.03 (0.95 to 1.11) | 0.95 (0.87 to 1.04) | 0.93 (0.86 to 1.0) |
| Rate ratio2 | 1 | 1.03 (0.95 to 1.12) | 0.97 (0.89 to 1.06) | 0.95 (0.88 to 1.02) |
| Men | ||||
| Number of men | 1329 | 829 | 2814 | 1996 |
| Person-years | 30 385 | 17 036 | 56 966 | 38 331 |
| Emergency admissions | ||||
| Number of admissions | 3649 | 2161 | 7350 | 5252 |
| Admissions* | 120 | 127 | 129 | 137 |
| Rate ratio1 | 1 | 1.03 (0.94 to 1.13) | 1.06 (0.99 to 1.14) | 1.13 (1.05 to 1.22) |
| Rate ratio2 | 1 | 1.01 (0.93 to 1.11) | 1.01 (0.95 to 1.09) | 1.06 (0.99 to 1.14) |
| Non-emergency admissions | ||||
| Number of admissions | 4722 | 2480 | 8255 | 5358 |
| Admissions* | 155 | 146 | 145 | 140 |
| Rate ratio1 | 1 | 0.95 (0.85 to 1.05) | 0.93 (0.86 to 1.01) | 0.89 (0.82 to 0.97) |
| Rate ratio2 | 1 | 0.97 (0.87 to 1.08) | 0.96 (0.88 to 1.04) | 0.93 (0.85 to 1.01) |
*Per 1000 person-years.
IIIM, III manual; IIINM, III non-manual; rate ratio1, adjusted for age; rate ratio2, adjusted for age, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, height, FEV1, angina, ischaemia on ECG, bronchitis, smoking and diabetes.