Characteristics of respondents by physical disability, for the analysed samples*
| Main study sample n=1 634 853 | Sub-sample with unmet need to see a doctor n=38 468 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical disability n=351 526 (%†) | No physical disability n=1 283 327 (%†) | Physical disability n=11 283 (%†) | No physical disability n=27 185 (%†) | |||||
| Gender* | ||||||||
| Male‡ | 157 019 | (44.7) | 554 422 | (43.2) | 4285 | (38.0) | 13 213 | (48.6) |
| Age (years)* | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 2691 | (0.8) | 71 817 | (5.6) | 132 | (1.2) | 2269 | (8.4) |
| 25–24 | 7691 | (2.2) | 167 918 | (13.1) | 302 | (2.7) | 5106 | (18.8) |
| 35–44 | 18 649 | (5.3) | 222 772 | (17.4) | 571 | (5.1) | 5944 | (21.9) |
| 45–54 | 41 042 | (11.7) | 257 128 | (20.0) | 1148 | (10.2) | 6277 | (23.1) |
| 55–64‡ | 78 930 | (22.5) | 268 128 | (20.9) | 1817 | (16.1) | 4509 | (16.6) |
| 65–74 | 91 298 | (26.0) | 192 063 | (15.0) | 1747 | (15.5) | 1787 | (6.6) |
| 75–84 | 80 809 | (23.0) | 86 959 | (6.8) | 2478 | (22.0) | 845 | (3.1) |
| 85 or over | 30 416 | (8.7) | 16 542 | (1.3) | 3088 | (27.4) | 448 | (1.7) |
| Employment* | ||||||||
| Full-time work‡ | 37 305 | (10.6) | 544 202 | (42.4) | 1123 | (10.0) | 15 099 | (55.5) |
| Part-time work | 19 607 | (5.6) | 195 281 | (15.2) | 427 | (3.8) | 3361 | (12.4) |
| Full-time education | 1183 | (0.3) | 29 297 | (2.3) | 53 | (0.5) | 965 | (3.6) |
| Unemployed | 12 497 | (3.6) | 57 576 | (4.5) | 307 | (2.7) | 1434 | (5.3) |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 73 016 | (20.8) | 24 719 | (1.9) | 3591 | (31.8) | 858 | (3.2) |
| Retired | 184 616 | (52.5) | 313 383 | (24.4) | 5167 | (45.8) | 3160 | (11.6) |
| Looking after home | 18 370 | (5.2) | 87 044 | (6.8) | 397 | (3.5) | 1333 | (4.9) |
| Something else | 4932 | (1.4) | 31 825 | (2.5) | 218 | (1.9) | 975 | (3.6) |
| Health status* | ||||||||
| Excellent | 2939 | (0.8) | 138 724 | (10.8) | 53 | (0.5) | 2246 | (8.3) |
| Very good | 22 236 | (6.3) | 455 991 | (35.5) | 406 | (3.6) | 7684 | (28.3) |
| Good‡ | 87 631 | (24.9) | 493 157 | (38.4) | 1745 | (15.5) | 10 947 | (40.3) |
| Fair | 160 144 | (45.6) | 172 142 | (13.4) | 4792 | (42.5) | 5245 | (19.3) |
| Poor | 78 576 | (22.4) | 23 313 | (1.8) | 4287 | (38.0) | 1063 | (3.9) |
| Deafness§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 62 550 | (18.0) | 80 352 | (6.3) | 2624 | (23.3) | 1270 | (4.7) |
| Blindness§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 17 299 | (4.9) | 14 459 | (1.1) | 1287 | (11.4) | 427 | (1.6) |
| Psychological condition§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 31 841 | (9.1) | 63 033 | (4.9) | 1058 | (9.4) | 1710 | (6.3) |
| Learning difficulty§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 8501 | (2.4) | 15 145 | (1.2) | 283 | (2.5) | 431 | (1.6) |
| Other conditions§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 125 635 | (35.7) | 334 734 | (26.1) | 4516 | (40.0) | 6970 | (25.6) |
| No longstanding conditions§ | ||||||||
| Yes | 6405 | (1.8) | 838 324 | (65.3) | 155 | (1.4) | 17 717 | (65.2) |
| Rurality | ||||||||
| Urban‡ | 305 404 | (86.9) | 1 095 041 | (85.3) | 9904 | (87.8) | 24 433 | (89.9) |
| Town/fringe | 36 746 | (10.5) | 145 699 | (11.4) | 1121 | (9.9) | 2282 | (8.4) |
| Village | 7871 | (2.2) | 35 780 | (2.8) | 220 | (2.0) | 386 | (1.4) |
| Hamlet/isolated | 1447 | (0.4) | 6573 | (0.5) | 38 | (0.3)¶ | 84 | (0.3)¶ |
| Missing | 58 | (0.0) | 234 | (0.0) | ||||
| IMD quintile** | ||||||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 45 541 | (13.0) | 243 518 | (19.0) | 1346 | (11.9) | 3951 | (14.5) |
| 2 | 58 233 | (16.6) | 253 672 | (19.8) | 1833 | (16.3) | 4541 | (16.7) |
| 3 | 66 615 | (19.0) | 256 456 | (20.0) | 2156 | (19.1) | 5222 | (19.2) |
| 4 | 78 685 | (22.4) | 262 021 | (20.4) | 2565 | (22.7) | 6464 | (23.8) |
| 5 (most deprived)‡ | 102 193 | (29.1) | 266 592 | (20.8) | 3374 | (29.9) | 6983 | (26.0) |
| Missing | 259 | (0.1) | 1068 | (0.1) | 9 | (0.1) | 24 | (0.1) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White‡ | 316 882 | (90.1) | 1 104 565 | (86.1) | 10 328 | (91.5) | 21 393 | (78.7) |
| Mixed | 1788 | (0.5) | 11 202 | (0.8) | 66 | (0.6) | 367 | (1.4) |
| Asian | 14 712 | (4.2) | 74 715 | (5.8) | 311 | (2.8) | 2408 | (8.9) |
| Black | 7301 | (2.1) | 40 939 | (3.2) | 205 | (1.8) | 1125 | (4.1) |
| Chinese | 622 | (0.2) | 7451 | (0.6) | 29 | (0.3) | 347 | (1.3) |
| Other | 6407 | (1.8) | 31 313 | (2.4) | 193 | (1.7) | 1122 | (4.1) |
| Missing | 3814 | (1.1) | 13 142 | (1.0) | 151 | (1.3) | 423 | (1.6) |
| Collection mode†† | ||||||||
| Paper‡ | 343 063 | (97.6) | 1 218 887 | (95.0) | 10 937 | (96.9) | 24 993 | (91.9) |
| Telephone | 86 | (0.0) | 63 | (0.0) | 346 | (3.1)‡‡ | 2192 | (8.1)‡‡ |
| Online | 8377 | (2.4) | 64 377 | (5.0) | ||||
| Difficulty getting to the surgery | ||||||||
| Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | 5012 | (44.4) | 2727 | (10.0) | ||
| Difficulty getting into GP building | ||||||||
| Yes | 16 534 | (4.7) | 20 473 | (1.6) | Not applicable | Not applicable | ||
*Descriptive analysis of main sample excludes 146 124 eligible observations (including 55 853 with physical disability (PD)) due to missing data for age (nmissing=12 226; 3839 with PD); gender (n=9205; 2938 with PD); health status (n=20 607; 8558 with PD); employment (n=76 179; 32 949 with PD); or outcome (n=44 130; 14 616 with PD). Descriptive analysis of sub-sample excludes 2921 eligible observations (1593 with PD) due to missing data for age (nmissing=343; 146 with PD); gender (n=297; 141 with PD); health status (n=610; 302 with PD); or employment (n=1994; 1178 with PD).
†Not all percentages sum to 100% due to rounding.
‡Reference category. ‘No’ was the reference category for longstanding conditions and outcomes.
§All longstanding conditions had the same missing data as PD.
¶‘Hamlet/isolated’ and ‘Missing’ categories combined to maintain anonymity.
**Scores of 8.257, 13.525, 20.741 and 33.511 as cut-points to create population-level equal groups.26
††No missing data for mode of collection.
‡‡ ‘Telephone’ and ‘Online’ categories combined to maintain anonymity.
GP, general practitioner; IMD, index of multiple deprivation.