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Table 1 % of forgone medical visits or specialist treatment in the preceding 12 months for any reason per period and sample characteristics

From: The geography and economics of forgoing medical examinations or therapeutic treatments in Italy during the economic crisis

  

2004–2007

2008–2012

2013–2015

No

Yes

Total

p

No

Yes

Total

p

No

Yes

Total

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Total

177,174

93.4

12,519

6.6

189,693

100

 

189,373

93.3

13,521

6.7

202,894

100

 

101,977

92.6

8202

7.4

110,179

100

 

Sex

Males

85,677

94.2

5308

5.8

90,985

48.0

<.0001

91,562

94.3

5576

5.7

97,138

47.9

<.0001

49,120

93.5

3438

6.5

52,558

47.7

<.0001

Females

91,497

92.7

7211

7.3

98,708

52.0

97,811

92.5

7945

7.5

105,756

52.1

52,857

91.7

4764

8.3

57,621

52.3

Age class

16–34

48,136

95.6

2231

4.4

50,367

26.6

<.0001

45,652

95.6

2113

4.4

47,765

23.5

<.0001

21,565

96.1

881

3.9

22,446

20.4

<.0001

35–49

47,448

92.9

3628

7.1

51,076

26.9

51,558

92.8

4013

7.2

55,571

27.4

26,783

92.3

2246

7.7

29,029

26.3

50–64

40,375

92.5

3284

7.5

43,659

23.0

44,870

92.5

3625

7.5

48,495

23.9

25,927

91.4

2450

8.6

28,377

25.8

65–74

22,389

92.6

1784

7.4

24,173

12.7

25,159

92.7

1975

7.3

27,134

13.4

14,733

91.6

1346

8.4

16,079

14.6

75+

18,826

92.2

1592

7.8

20,418

10.8

22,134

92.5

1795

7.5

23,929

11.8

12,969

91.0

1279

9.0

14,248

12.9

Risk of poverty

No

150,100

94.0

9569

6.0

159,669

84.2

<.0001

160,116

94.2

9897

5.8

170,013

83.8

<.0001

85,744

93.9

5531

6.1

91,275

82.8

<.0001

Yes

27,074

90.2

2950

9.8

30,024

15.8

29,257

89.0

3624

11.0

32,881

16.2

16,233

85.9

2671

14.1

18,904

17.2

Educational level

High

79,545

94.8

4367

5.2

83,912

44.2

<.0001

95,538

95.0

4985

5.0

100,523

49.5

<.0001

58,000

95.1

2999

4.9

60,999

55.4

<.0001

Medium

50,005

93.4

3528

6.6

53,533

28.2

52,906

92.4

4375

7.6

57,281

28.2

26,756

90.5

2807

9.5

29,563

26.8

Low

47,624

91.1

4624

8.9

52,248

27.5

40,929

90.8

4161

9.2

45,090

22.2

17,221

87.8

2396

12.2

19,617

17.8

Citizenship

Italian

172,600

93.4

12,134

6.6

184,734

97.4

< 0.005

182,215

93.4

12,773

6.6

194,988

96.1

<.0001

97,657

92.8

7600

7.2

105,257

95.5

<.0001

Foreign national

4574

92.2

385

7.8

4959

2.6

7158

90.5

748

9.5

7906

3.9

4320

87.8

602

12.2

4922

4.5

Chronic disease or severe limitations

No

140,617

94.9

7503

5.1

148,120

78.1

<.0001

147,165

94.9

7836

5.1

155,001

76.4

<.0001

77,439

95.0

4067

5.0

81,506

74.0

<.0001

Yes

36,557

87.9

5016

12.1

41,573

21.9

42,208

88.1

5685

11.9

47,893

23.6

24,538

85.6

4135

14.4

28,673

26.0

Self-perceived health

Good

108,753

96.1

4391

3.9

113,144

59.6

<.0001

129,133

96.0

5400

4.0

134,533

66.3

<.0001

71,429

95.8

3143

4.2

74,572

67.7

<.0001

Not good

68,421

89.4

8128

10.6

76,549

40.4

60,240

88.1

8121

11.9

68,361

33.7

30,548

85.8

5059

14.2

35,607

32.3

Region

Piemonte

11,314

94.7

638

5.3

11,952

6.3

<.0001

11,985

95.1

616

4.9

12,601

6.2

<.0001

7427

96.6

264

3.4

7691

7.0

<.0001

Valle d’Aosta

3010

96.4

111

3.6

3121

1.6

3194

97.3

90

2.7

3284

1.6

1889

95.1

97

4.9

1986

1.8

Lombardia

19,742

95.6

910

4.4

20,652

10.9

20,016

95.7

889

4.3

20,905

10.3

10,516

95.4

512

4.6

11,028

10.0

Bolzano

4241

96.2

168

3.8

4409

2.3

3892

96.7

133

3.3

4025

2.0

1214

97.4

32

2.6

1246

1.1

Trento

3305

97.0

103

3.0

3408

1.8

3583

97.7

86

2.3

3669

1.8

2437

98.9

28

1.1

2465

2.2

Veneto

14,523

95.1

751

4.9

15,274

8.1

15,023

96.3

576

3.7

15,599

7.7

8380

96.8

280

3.2

8660

7.9

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

7475

96.4

280

3.6

7755

4.1

8772

95.8

381

4.2

9153

4.5

5842

96.0

244

4.0

6086

5.5

Liguria

7201

95.5

341

4.5

7542

4.0

8249

95.4

399

4.6

8648

4.3

5451

94.8

296

5.2

5747

5.2

Emilia-Romagna

13,232

95.0

703

5.0

13,935

7.3

13,397

94.9

716

5.1

14,113

7.0

7615

93.7

513

6.3

8128

7.4

Toscana

12,836

94.0

825

6.0

13,661

7.2

12,771

93.8

839

6.2

13,610

6.7

6417

96.6

229

3.4

6646

6.0

Umbria

8293

95.9

359

4.1

8652

4.6

8782

95.2

441

4.8

9223

4.5

3772

92.8

292

7.2

4064

3.7

Marche

9124

93.8

602

6.2

9726

5.1

9513

93.2

699

6.8

10,212

5.0

6049

90.2

660

9.8

6709

6.1

Lazio

12,556

92.1

1071

7.9

13,627

7.2

14,555

92.3

1222

7.7

15,777

7.8

7830

91.2

753

8.8

8583

7.8

Abruzzo

4607

93.0

348

7.0

4955

2.6

4171

90.6

434

9.4

4605

2.3

2363

90.5

249

9.5

2612

2.4

Molise

3373

91.5

312

8.5

3685

1.9

3734

92.8

289

7.2

4023

2.0

1755

91.3

167

8.7

1922

1.7

Campania

11,323

90.3

1212

9.7

12,535

6.6

12,818

90.9

1279

9.1

14,097

6.9

5787

87.0

867

13.0

6654

6.0

Puglia

8134

88.0

1104

12.0

9238

4.9

9036

86.3

1436

13.7

10,472

5.2

4146

80.6

1001

19.4

5147

4.7

Basilicata

3862

89.4

457

10.6

4319

2.3

4329

90.9

432

9.1

4761

2.3

2029

93.4

143

6.6

2172

2.0

Calabria

4825

87.8

669

12.2

5494

2.9

5841

87.7

817

12.3

6658

3.3

3340

83.1

681

16.9

4021

3.6

Sicilia

8828

90.1

972

9.9

9800

5.2

10,314

89.3

1230

10.7

11,544

5.7

5308

90.5

560

9.5

5868

5.3

Sardegna

5370

90.2

583

9.8

5953

3.1

5398

91.3

517

8.7

5915

2.9

2410

87.8

334

12.2

2744

2.5