Table 2 Rates of meningococcal disease and additional prescriptions per GP (from PACT data) by local authority area
| Â | Local Authority | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1* | 2 | 3 | 4* | 5 |
Cases of meningococcal disease | 34 | 62 | 1 | 28 | 9 |
Population | 125727 | 258919 | 37091 | 103735 | 67655 |
Townsend deprivation score | -1.56 | 2.09 | -2.97 | -0.79 | -3.01 |
Rate of IMD per 100,000 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 6.7 |
Number of practices | 16 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
Mean number of additional prescriptions per GP (SD) | 2.2(3.1) | 0.2(1.4) | 0.5 (0.5) | 1.9(1.1) | 0.9(0.8) |
Median number of additional prescriptions per GP (interquartile range) | 1.2 (0.5–3.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.8) | 0.5 (0.0–0.9) | 1.91 (0.9–2.6) | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) |
Difference in mean number of additional prescriptions per GP for each Local Authority compared to all others. P (two tailed) | 0.02 | <0.001 | 0.6 | 0.002 | 0.8 |