Table 5

Commonest problems presented to NHS 24 by age group

Problem category	n	0–1 years n=36 962	1–4 years n=78 022	5–15 years n=80 398	16–24 years n=101 156	25–34 years n=107 550	35–44 years n=87 925	45–54 years n=78 203	55–64 years n=62 081	65–74 years n=54 217	75–84 years n=55 629	85–94 years n=30 890	95+ years n=3348
Abdominal	n	84	9690	13 911	16 586	15 355	11 746	10 640	8523	7387	6825	3232	265
Abdominal	Per cent	0.2	12.4	17.3	16.4	14.3	13.4	13.6	13.7	13.6	12.3	10.5	7.9
Dental	n	150	1135	5116	13 094	14 807	10 160	7969	3858	1509	641	163	6
Dental	Per cent	0.4	1.5	6.4	12.9	13.8	11.6	10.2	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.5	0.2
Rash/skin	n	8888	16 448	9062	5379	4655	3250	2750	1996	1388	1226	590	52
Rash/skin	Per cent	24.0	21.1	11.3	5.3	4.3	3.7	3.5	3.2	2.6	2.2	1.9	1.6
Breathing	n	1333	3827	3538	4823	4930	4950	5311	5255	5980	7022	3959	438
Breathing	Per cent	3.6	4.9	4.4	4.8	4.6	5.6	6.8	8.5	11.0	12.6	12.8	13.1
Genito-urinary	n	314	3285	2682	5528	4883	4089	4279	4241	4413	5268	3061	278
Genito-urinary	Per cent	0.8	4.2	3.3	5.5	4.5	4.7	5.5	6.8	8.1	9.5	9.9	8.3
Chest pain	n	0	68	2105	13 154	12 719	2912	2849	2261	2040	2266	1159	91
Chest pain	Per cent	0.0	0.1	2.6	13.0	11.8	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.8	4.1	3.8	2.7
Medication	n	895	2202	1873	3655	4510	4775	4459	3951	3919	4381	2456	221
Medication	Per cent	2.4	2.8	2.3	3.6	4.2	5.4	5.7	6.4	7.2	7.9	8.0	6.6
Vomiting/nausea	n	5465	8264	2421	2497	2191	1466	1434	1519	1783	2329	1574	182
Vomiting/nausea	Per cent	14.8	10.6	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.7	1.8	2.4	3.3	4.2	5.1	5.4
Ear	n	939	6863	6902	3617	3467	2702	2034	1103	531	321	147	9
Ear	Per cent	2.5	8.8	8.6	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3
Throat	n	217	2396	5548	6675	5494	3626	1965	1164	673	485	224	34
Throat	Per cent	0.6	3.1	6.9	6.6	5.1	4.1	2.5	1.9	1.2	0.9	0.7	1.0
Headache	n	3	1165	4191	5012	5249	3944	3047	1770	1131	958	371	27
Headache	Per cent	0.0	1.5	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.5	3.9	2.9	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.8
Back	n	1	76	574	3291	4475	4431	3948	2628	1938	2109	1253	112
Back	Per cent	0.0	0.1	0.7	3.3	4.2	5.0	5.0	4.2	3.6	3.8	4.1	3.3
Mental health	n	7	199	521	2493	2884	3089	2663	1608	1269	1646	1084	127
Mental health	Per cent	0.0	0.3	0.6	2.5	2.7	3.5	3.4	2.6	2.3	3.0	3.5	3.8
Cough	n	5879	7372	2752	1242	1569	1359	1313	1263	976	1010	638	111
Cough	Per cent	15.9	9.4	3.4	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.1	3.3
Eye	n	1830	2739	2141	2688	3164	2586	2315	1798	1123	794	420	41
Eye	Per cent	5.0	3.5	2.7	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.1	1.4	1.4	1.2
Pregnancy related	n	0	0	97	6850	7989	2208	72	1	0	0	0	0
Pregnancy related	Per cent	0.0	0.0	0.1	6.8	7.4	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Legs	n	52	525	754	1350	2075	2497	2636	2366	2302	2760	1953	249
Legs	Per cent	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	1.9	2.8	3.4	3.8	4.2	5.0	6.3	7.4
Fever	n	3440	7349	2620	1073	1267	838	706	649	666	886	503	54
Fever	Per cent	9.3	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.6
Injury/wound	n	294	853	1583	2476	2629	2228	1854	1652	1573	1823	1300	188
Injury/wound	Per cent	0.8	1.1	2.0	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.7	2.9	3.3	4.2	5.6
Head related	n	1369	3787	2727	1510	1195	855	783	623	731	1373	1426	207
Head related	Per cent	3.7	4.9	3.4	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.5	4.6	6.2
Feet	n	145	747	1828	2016	2235	1861	1736	1519	1055	997	500	58
Feet	Per cent	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.4	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.7
Hand	n	184	716	1660	2096	2027	1719	1425	1094	752	722	455	62
Hand	Per cent	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.9
Baby/infant	n	8922	2108	0	42	243	142	0	0	1	0	0	0
Baby/infant	Per cent	24.1	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vaginal	n	97	626	580	3427	2836	1692	1053	435	343	426	236	30
Vaginal	Per cent	0.3	0.8	0.7	3.4	2.6	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.9
Dizziness	n	1	44	420	1349	1661	1424	1385	1442	1356	1764	916	65
Dizziness	Per cent	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.3	2.5	3.2	3.0	1.9