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Table 1 Numbers of CT scans and individual patients, by quintile of Townsend deprivation and sex, in the Northern Region of England, 1990-2002.

From: Socio-economic variation in CT scanning in Northern England, 1990-2002

  

CT Scans

Patients

 

Quintile

Townsend range

Total (%)

Males (%)

Females (%)

Total (%)

Male (%)

Females (%)

1 (least deprived)

-4.72, -1.43

5782 (15)

3288 (14)

2494 (16)

3091 (16)

1765 (16)

1326 (16)

2

-1.42, 0.70

6702 (18)

4038 (18)

2660 (17)

3353 (17)

1943 (17)

1407 (17)

3

0.70, 3.06

8048 (21)

4792 (21)

3256 (21)

4013 (21)

2302 (20)

1711 (21)

4

3.06, 5.83

8931 (24)

5395 (24)

3532 (23)

4538 (23)

2695 (24)

1840 (23)

5 (most deprived)

5.84, 18.62

8544 (22)

5177 (23)

3364 (22)

4490 (23)

2639 (23)

1848 (23)

Total*

38007

22690

15306

19485

11344

8132

 
  1. P for associations between number of scans/patients and quintile of community deprivation all less than < 0.0001.
  2. *11 scans were in 9 patients for whom sex was unknown.