Table 2 Proportion of patients receiving spirometry in the 18-month time period by socioeconomic status

n (%)

9443 (53.5)

9676 (48.1)

19119 (50.7)

6336 (51.7)

6792 (47.0)

13128 (49.2)

3107 (57.6)

2884 (51.2)

5991 (54.3)

Highest attained education n (%)

<10

3291 (53.7)

3839 (49.3)

7130 (51.2)

1963 (52.1)

2160 (48.8)

4123 (50.3)

1328 (56.3)

1679 (49.9)

3007 (52.5)

10-12

4376 (54.7)

3770 (48.8)

8146 (51.8)

3048 (52.8)

2921 (47.7)

5969 (50.2)

1328 (59.5)

849 (53.2)

2177 (56.9)

>12

1776 (50.6)

2067 (45.1)

3843 (47.5)

1325 (49.0)

1711 (43.8)

3036 (45.9)

451 (56.2)

356 (52.8)

807 (54.7)

Income n (%)

Low (1st quartile)

2066 (51.5)

2430 (46.7)

4608 (48.8)

1099 (48.7)

1291 (45.0)

2390 (46.6)

1028 (55.5)

1190 (48.4)

2218 (51.5)

Medium (2nd + 3rd quartile)

4952 (54.5)

4862 (48.3)

9658 (51.2)

3347 (52.4)

3502 (47.0)

6849 (49.5)

1512 (59.1)

1297 (52.6)

2809 (55.9)

High (4th quartile)

2425 (53.5)

2384 (49.5)

4853 (51.4)

1890 (52.5)

1999 (48.3)

3889 (50.3)

567 (57.8)

397 (55.7)

964 (56.9)

Labour market status n (%)

Working

5242 (51.6)

5170 (46.1)

10412 (48.7)

5008 (51.2)

5098 (46.1)

10106 (48.5)

234 (60.2)

72 (47.7)

306 (56.7)

Retirement pension

3177 (58.1)

3168 (51.8)

6345 (54.8)

335 (63.9)

389 (55.7)

724 (59.2)

2842 (57.5)

2779 (51.3)

5621 (54.2)

Unemployed

1024 (51.0)

1338 (48.4)

2362 (49.5)

993 (51.0)

1305 (48.2)

2298 (49.4)

31 (52.5)

33 (53.2)

64 (52.9)

Cohabitation n(%)

Married/cohabiting

6457 (54.0)

5836 (48.2)

12293 (51.1)

4260 (51.6)

4534 (46.7)

8794 (49.0)

2197 (59.4)

1302 (54.3)

3499 (57.4)

Living alone

2986 (52.5)

3840 (48.0)

6826 (49.9)

2076 (52.0)

2258 (47.4)

4334 (49.5)

910 (53.8)

1582 (48.9)

2492 (50.5)