Table 6

Commonest problems presented to NHS 24 by deprivation decile

Problem category		Most affluent n=94 060	2 n=89 309	3 n=85 817	4 n=82 083	5 n=76 073	6 n=70 632	7 n=69 845	8 n=71 868	9 n=65 430	Least affluent n=59 667
Abdominal	n	12 965	12 275	11 760	11 196	10 494	9330	9216	9373	8639	7637
Abdominal	Per cent	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.8	13.2	13.2	13.0	13.2	12.8
Dental	n	7784	7705	7063	6474	5778	5215	4980	4760	4208	3225
Dental	Per cent	8.3	8.6	8.2	7.9	7.6	7.4	7.1	6.6	6.4	5.4
Rash/skin	n	7361	6775	6052	5911	5277	4863	4630	5124	4648	4102
Rash/skin	Per cent	7.8	7.6	7.1	7.2	6.9	6.9	6.6	7.1	7.1	6.9
Breathing	n	6984	6471	6200	5820	4976	4500	4440	4300	3748	3356
Breathing	Per cent	7.4	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.0	5.7	5.6
Genitourinary	n	4396	4374	4485	4341	4205	3909	3983	4313	3917	3885
Genitourinary	Per cent	4.7	4.9	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.0	6.0	6.5
Chest pain	n	6277	5600	5149	4608	4010	3520	3331	3246	2809	2388
Chest pain	Per cent	6.7	6.3	6.0	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.0
Medication	n	4846	4413	4387	3978	3723	3318	3178	3190	2882	2778
Medication	Per cent	5.2	4.9	5.1	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.7
Vomiting/nausea	n	4159	3726	3453	3337	3075	2779	2582	2730	2555	2313
Vomiting/nausea	Per cent	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9
Ear	n	3526	3295	3078	2964	2616	2486	2581	2653	2612	2366
Ear	Per cent	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7	4.0	4.0
Throat	n	3291	3178	3168	2972	2674	2477	2411	2852	2583	2436
Throat	Per cent	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.0	3.9	4.1
Headache	n	3570	3201	3062	2859	2606	2390	2379	2364	2141	1878
Headache	Per cent	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1
Back	n	3202	2963	2921	2730	2504	2202	2226	2175	1926	1674
Back	Per cent	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8
Mental health	n	2726	2452	2181	1971	1714	1487	1360	1332	1077	972
Mental health	Per cent	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.6
Cough	n	3225	3030	2746	2655	2392	2246	2193	2384	2285	1965
Cough	Per cent	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.3
Eye	n	2304	2265	2153	2140	2125	1992	2016	2164	2067	2062
Eye	Per cent	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.5
Pregnancy related	n	2785	2255	2102	1857	1614	1364	1399	1375	1126	972
Pregnancy related	Per cent	3.0	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.6
Legs	n	2434	2255	2150	2218	1942	1745	1776	1718	1612	1450
Legs	Per cent	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.4
Fever	n	2333	2224	2105	2036	1934	1776	1807	1962	1816	1765
Fever	Per cent	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	3.0
Injury/wound	n	1978	2021	1978	2037	1845	1792	1739	1676	1573	1556
Injury/wound	Per cent	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.6
Head related	n	1999	1846	1810	1703	1656	1515	1450	1594	1415	1326
Head related	Per cent	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2
Feet	n	1709	1648	1598	1591	1544	1344	1296	1353	1223	1164
Feet	Per cent	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0
Hand	n	1440	1468	1364	1352	1328	1221	1157	1195	1121	1058
Hand	Per cent	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
Baby/infant	n	1530	1389	1234	1182	1097	952	971	1102	944	839
Baby/infant	Per cent	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4
Vaginal	n	1704	1438	1359	1248	1107	1038	984	992	854	871
Vaginal	Per cent	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.5
Dizziness	n	1374	1303	1319	1305	1236	1021	1090	1059	996	961
Dizziness	Per cent	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6