Practical utility of general practice data capture and spatial analysis for understanding COPD and asthma

Niyonsenga, T.; Coffee, N. T.; Del Fante, P.; Høj, S. B.; Daniel, M.

doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3714-5

BMC Health Services Research

Table 5 Respiratory conditions within risk factors/comorbidities groups (count & prevalence)

From: Practical utility of general practice data capture and spatial analysis for understanding COPD and asthma

	COPD		Asthma		ACO (COPD + asthma)		Total (row n)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All active patients	1130	3.4	3457	10.3	317	0.9	33,725
Risk factors
Age		********		********		********	33,724
Under 55	113	0.5	2184	10.5	34	0.2	20,704
55 to 69	327	4.9	595	9.0	83	1.2	6648
70 to 84	510	10.4	537	11.0	147	3.0	4898
85 and over	180	12.2	141	9.6	53	3.6	1474
Sex		********		********			33,627
Male	591	4.1	1380	9.6	138	1.0	14,375
Female	539	2.8	2073	10.8	179	0.9	19,252
Smoking^a		********				********	25,688
Daily/irregular	298	7.8	442	11.6	63	1.7	3807
Ex-smoker	518	8.9	660	11.3	148	2.5	5839
Never smoked	236	1.5	1775	11.1	85	0.5	16,042
Indigenous Australian				**			15,304
Yes	15	5.4	45	16.1	4	1.4	280
No	565	3.8	1618	10.8	185	1.2	15,024
Marital status		********		********		********	9853
Never married	97	2.8	423	12.1	29	0.8	3496
Married/De facto	221	4.3	470	9.1	53	1.0	5167
Divorced/Separated	41	7.8	67	12.7	12	2.3	526
Widowed	66	9.9	92	13.9	23	3.5	664
Comorbid conditions
Diabetes (type II)		********		**		********	33,725
Yes	184	7.7	291	12.1	58	2.4	2399
No	946	3.0	3166	10.1	259	0.8	31,326
Heart failure		********		********		********	33,725
Yes	91	20.0	79	17.3	35	7.7	456
No	1039	3.1	3378	10.2	282	0.8	33,269
Stroke		********				********	33,725
Yes	66	12.0	68	12.3	16	2.9	552
No	1064	3.2	3389	10.2	301	0.9	33,173
Peripheral vascular disease		********				**	33,725
Yes	37	23.9	12	7.7	6	3.9	155
No	1093	3.3	3445	10.3	311	0.9	33,570
Mental disorder		********		********		********	33,725
Yes	310	5.8	804	15.0	99	1.8	5362
No	820	2.9	2653	9.4	218	0.8	28,363
Dementia		********				*	33,725
Yes	26	10.1	22	8.6	7	2.7	257
No	1104	3.3	3435	10.3	310	0.9	33,468
Osteoarthritis/ osteoporosis		********		********		********	33,725
Yes	550	9.7	776	13.6	189	3.3	5698
No	580	2.1	2681	9.6	128	0.5	28,027

Note: Pearson Chi-square test: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001; Mental disorder: any active anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder; Row totals do not always add to the total number of active patients due to missing data; ^aMissing data on smoking within active COPD (n = 78, 6.9%); asthma (n = 580, 17%); ACO (n = 21, 6.6%)
Stars (***) inside Table 5 indicate the levels of the Pearson Chi-square test p-values (p); *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001; ****: p < 0.0001

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