Table 1

Summary of population, classified by age quintiles for the NEW Devon population and English quintiles of social deprivation related to emergency admissions in the study period

Age quintile	IMD quintile	Patients (N)	Emergency admissions in following 12 months	Admission rate per thousand
0–19	5 (most deprived)	9674	643	66.47
	4	32 105	1816	56.56
	3 (average)	57 840	2735	47.29
	2	44 217	1956	44.24
	1 (least deprived)	15 722	633	40.26
20–37	5	10 076	685	67.98
	4	33 106	1657	50.05
	3	51 238	2311	45.10
	2	38 745	1682	43.41
	1	14 327	490	34.20
38–52	5	8096	685	84.61
	4	30 771	1843	59.89
	3	58 495	2907	49.70
	2	44 074	1784	40.48
	1	15 843	634	40.02
53–66	5	5852	631	107.83
	4	25 554	2216	86.72
	3	56 641	3931	69.40
	2	44 335	2820	63.61
	1	15 425	867	56.21
67–110	5	5575	1573	282.15
	4	24 272	5796	238.79
	3	55 018	11 327	205.88
	2	49 432	9823	198.72
	1	17 292	3500	202.41
Total population		765 861