Table 1. Patient sex and age distributions in ID and non-ID group encounters
ID group patients
(n = 690)
Non-ID group patients
(n = 970 641)
 (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI
Sex
(Missing data: ID, n = 9;
non-ID, n = 6968)
Male348 (51.1)47.2 to 55.0392 719 (40.8)40.5 to 41.0
Female333 (48.9)45.0 to 52.8570 954 (59.2)59.0 to 59.5
Age group, years<526 (3.8)2.3 to 5.361 753 (6.4)6.3 to 6.5
5–1478 (11.3)8.6 to 14.051 987 (5.4)5.3 to 5.4
15–24104 (15.1)12.0 to 18.186 392 (8.9)8.8 to 9.0
25–44223 (32.3)28.6 to 36.0226 095 (23.3)23.1 to 23.5
45–64212 (30.7)26.8 to 34.7269 729 (27.8)27.6 to 28.0
65–7430 (4.3)2.7 to 6.0123 370 (12.7)12.6 to 12.9
≥7517 (2.5)1.2 to 3.7151 315 (15.6)15.3 to 15.8
  • There are highly significant differences between the ID and non-ID groups:

  • For sex: P< 0.001; Rao-Scott χ2 adjusted for GP cluster effect (RS-χ2) 28.7; 1 df.

  • For age-group: P<0.001; RS-χ2 186.6; 4 df.

  • Encounters with missing age data excluded from above table: ID 11/701; non-ID 8058/978 699.

  • CI = confidence intervals. ID = intellectual disability.