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Ethnicity
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"Asian" ethnic group (%)
|
4
|
0 to 57
|
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First language other than English (%)
|
10
|
0 to 61
|
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Area Deprivation
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|
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2000)
|
53.6
|
23.8 to 78.8
|
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Health
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% "poor" health in past 12 months
|
23.5
|
14.5 to 33.3
|
|
Mental health SF-36 score (mean)
|
73.7
|
68.1 to 77.8
|
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Availability of primary care
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% reporting "very/fairly easy access" to GP
|
71
|
56 to 87
|
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Number GPs per 10 000 population
|
4.97
|
3.92 to 6.94
|
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Outcome: Prescribing rates (average prescription days per head of population 2002)
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Rate (interquartile range)
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Range
|
|
Anxiolytic drugs (BNF category 4.1.2)
|
2.25 (1.51 to 3.10)
|
0.53 to 4.79
|
|
Antidepressant drugs (BNF category 4.3)
|
16.51 (12.16 to 16.51)
|
7.29 to 28.65
|
|
Anxiolytic + Antidepressant drugs
|
19.91 (13.77 to 24.23)
|
8.45 to 31.40
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