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Table 1 Physical activity referral rates in relation to sex and age

From: Physical activity referrals in Swedish primary health care – prescriber and patient characteristics, reasons for prescriptions, and prescribed activities

 

2004

2005

Total

 

Number (%)

PARs-rate

Number (%)

PARs-rate

Number (%)

PARs-rate

Sex

      

Female

2218 (66.3)

1.7

1972 (66.7)

1.5

4190 (66.5)

1.6

Male

1125 (33.6)

1.1

983 (33.3)

0.9

2108 (33.5)

1.0

Age group

      

0–17

13 (0.4)

0.03

19 (0.6)

0.04

32 (0.5)

0.04

18–29

160 (4.8)

0.5

183 (6.2)

0.6

343 (5.4)

0.6

30–44

716 (21.4)

1.8

556 (18.8)

1.4

1272 (20.2)

1.6

45–64

1683 (50.3)

2.7

1449 (49.1)

2.3

3132 (49.7)

2.5

65+

771 (23.1)

1.3

747 (25.3)

1.2

1518 (24.1)

1.2

Total

3344

1.4

2956

1.2

6300

1.3

  1. Note: The PARs-rates are the number of PARs issued in PHC during one year divided by the number of unique individuals that visited PHC in one year.