Table 2 Association between the number of GP visits in the last two weeks and socio-demographic variables, relative risk ratios and their 95% CIs.

Age group

< 0.0001

15 - 19

0.39 (0.30, 0.49)

0.43 (0.26, 0.71)

0.60 (0.24, 1.52)

20 - 44

0.53 (0.46, 0.61)

0.55 (0.41, 0.75)

0.68 (0.40, 1.16)

45 - 64

0.63 (0.55, 0.73)

0.67 (0.50, 0.89)

0.68 (0.40, 1.17)

65 +

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Sex

< 0.0001

Male

0.72 (0.66, 0.79)

0.70 (0.57, 0.87)

0.58 (0.38, 0.89)

Employment status

0.0064

Employed

0.78 (0.68, 0.89)

0.78 (0.58, 1.05)

0.96 (0.57, 1.63)

Unemployed (looking for work)

0.99 (0.74, 1.32)

1.17 (0.63, 2.18)

0.63 (0.19, 2.12)

Not in the labour force

Reference

Reference

Reference

Remoteness

< 0.0001

Inner regional

0.76 (0.68, 0.86)

0.84 (0.65, 1.08)

0.79 (0.50, 1.24)

Other regional

0.80 (0.70, 0.91)

0.96 (0.72, 1.27)

0.76 (0.43, 1.33)

Major cities

Reference

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Reference

Personal income

0.5803

First tercile

1.12 (0.96, 1.30)

1.10 (0.78, 1.55)

1.14 (0.60, 2.16)

Second tercile

1.10 (0.97, 1.25)

1.16 (0.86, 1.56)

0.85 (0.49, 1.47)

Third tercile

Reference

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Health status

< 0.0001

Exec/V Good

0.37 (0.33, 0.42)

0.20 (0.16, 0.26)

0.10 (0.06, 0.17)

Good

0.55 (0.48, 0.62)

0.28 (0.21, 0.36)

0.34 (0.22, 0.51)

Fair/Poor

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