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Table 1 Daily respiratory consultation and prescribing data for Lambeth (all LSOAs combined) by age group 2009–13 (aggregated time series for total of 1304 days)

From: Spatio-temporal associations of air pollutant concentrations, GP respiratory consultations and respiratory inhaler prescriptions: a 5-year study of primary care in the borough of Lambeth, South London

 

Age 0–17 years

Mean (SD)

Age 18–64 years

Mean (SD)

Age > 64 years

Mean (SD)

All ages

Mean (SD)

Total respiratory consultationsa

123.33 (48.79)

290.47 (74.05)

108.43 (28.04)

522.23 (137.58)

Consultations for asthma, COPD, URTI

84.09 (40.20)

133.23 (47.14)

34.75 (12.14)

252.07 (90.49)

Prescriptions for preventer inhaler only

5.35 (2.91)

33.38 (9.86)

22.28 (7.31)

61.01 (16.19)

Prescriptions for reliever inhaler only

26.74 (10.15)

74.43 (20.69)

27.27 (8.55)

128.43 (34.32)

Prescriptions for both inhaler types

15.95 (6.34)

71.16 (18.30)

30.45 (9.70)

117.55 (29.90)

  1. aConsultations by any primary care healthcare professional including those where only a preventer or reliever inhaler were issued