Referral outcome (urgent and non-urgent) by IMD quintile and gender
| IMD | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | Non-urgent | Urgent | Non-urgent | |||||||||||||
| Total | Per cent | R | Sig | Total | Per cent | R | Sig | Total | Per cent | R | Sig | Total | Per cent | R | Sig | |
| 1 | 24 210 | 19.8 | 5.4 | *** | 88 752 | 19.1 | −5.4 | *** | 29 150 | 20.4 | 10.4 | *** | 110 301 | 19.2 | −10.4 | *** |
| 2 | 23 010 | 18.8 | −0.4 | NS | 87 571 | 18.8 | 0.4 | NS | 27 173 | 19.0 | .9 | NS | 108 780 | 18.9 | −0.9 | NS |
| 3 | 25 061 | 20.5 | −1.2 | NS | 95 906 | 20.6 | 1.2 | NS | 29 348 | 20.5 | 0.0 | NS | 118 097 | 20.5 | 0.0 | NS |
| 4 | 26 110 | 21.3 | −0.2 | NS | 99 282 | 21.4 | 0.2 | NS | 29 957 | 21.0 | −4.6 | *** | 123 778 | 21.5 | 4.6 | *** |
| 5 | 24 073 | 19.7 | −3.5 | *** | 93 471 | 20.1 | 3.5 | *** | 27 302 | 19.1 | −6.5 | *** | 114 265 | 19.9 | 6.5 | *** |
***p<0.001; **p<0.01; *p<0.05; NS p>0.05 (1 is the most deprived and 5 is the least deprived)
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.