Table 2 Summary of sociodemographic characteristics of patients seen by all NMP providers and each specific NMP provider type for period 1 January 2016–30 June 2020
From: Examining non-medical prescribing trends in New Zealand: 2016–2020
Variable: | Dentist | Nurse prescriber | Optometrist | Midwife | Pharmacist prescriber | Dietitian prescriber | All NMP providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1). Gender: | N = 474,312 (%) | N = 387,816 (%) | N = 46,615 (%) | N = 172,483 (%) | N = 133,093 (%) | N = 31,880 (%) | N = 1,089,293 (%) |
Female | 250,652 (52.8%) | 241,769 (62.3%) | 27,394 (58.8%) | 160,157 (92.9%) | 89,578 (67.3%) | 15,662 (49.1%) | 663,908 (60.9%) |
Male | 223,660 (47.2%) | 146,047 (37.7%) | 19,221 (41.2%) | 12,326 (7.1%) | 43,515 (32.7%) | 16,218 (50.9%) | 425,385 (39.1%) |
2). Age (years): | N = 554,007 | N = 520,488 | N = 55,041 | N = 227,500 | N = 169,683 | N = 42,764 | N = 1,483,156 |
Mean (SD) | 46.6 (20) | 38.9 (25) | 53.5 (22) | 26.7 (10.4) | 52.9 (23.3) | 50.8 (30.3) | 42.4 (23.1) |
Median (IQR) | 48 (30–62) | 36 (19–40) | 57 (38–71) | 29 (24–33) | 59 (31–72) | 60 (20–76) | 39 (25–61) |
Range | 0–101 | 0–101 | 0–101 | 0–55 | 0–101 | 0–101 | 0–101 |
3). NZDep2013 score: | N = 447,345 | N = 363,634 | N = 44,647 | N = 161,243 | N = 126,702 | N = 23,754 | N = 1,017,132 |
Mean (SD) | 5.5 (2.9) | 6.4 (2.8) | 5 (2.8) | 5.9 (2.9) | 5.7 (2.9) | 5.8 (2.9) | 5.8 (2.9) |
Median (IQR) | 6 (3–8) | 7 (4–9) | 5 (2–7) | 6 (3–9) | 6 (3–8) | 6 (3–8) | 6 (3–8) |
Range | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–10 |
4). NZDep2013 decile: | N = 474,338 (%) | N = 387,834 (%) | N = 46,616 (%) | N = 172,493 (%) | N = 133,102 (%) | N = 31,881 (%) | N = 1,089,353 (%) |
Decile 1–2 | 89,128 (18.8%) | 47,659 (12.3%) | 11,276 (24.2%) | 26,638 (15.5%) | 23,562 (17.7%) | 4086 (12.8%) | 178,507 (16.4%) |
Decile 3–4 | 84,601 (17.8%) | 56,973 (14.7%) | 9102 (19.5%) | 28,253 (16.4%) | 22,604 (17.0%) | 4136 (13.0%) | 180,375 (16.6%) |
Decile 5–6 | 88,545 (18.7%) | 64,723 (16.7%) | 9282 (19.9%) | 29,899 (17.3%) | 23,582 (17.7%) | 4438 (13.9%) | 191,857 (17.6%) |
Decile 7–8 | 93,044 (19.6%) | 81,669 (21.1%) | 8328 (17.9%) | 35,161 (20.4%) | 28,880 (21.7%) | 5615 (17.6%) | 218,952 (20.1%) |
Decile 9–10 | 92,027 (19.4%) | 112,610 (29.0%) | 6659 (14.3%) | 41,292 (23.9%) | 28,074 (21.1%) | 5479 (17.2%) | 247,441 (22.7%) |
Null | 26,993 (5.7%) | 24,200 (6.2%) | 1969 (4.2%) | 11,250 (6.5%) | 6400 (4.8%) | 8127 (25.5%) | 72,221 (6.6%) |
5). Ethnicity: | N = 471,313 (%) | N = 387,203 (%) | N = 46,330 (%) | N = 172,419 (%) | N = 132,629 (%) | N = 31,757 (%) | N = 1,085,533 (%) |
European | 335,774 (71.3%) | 244,723 (63.2%) | 36,407 (78.6%) | 92,836 (53.8%) | 98,434 (74.2%) | 23, 659 (74.5%) | 727,777 (67.0%) |
Māori | 60,477 (12.8%) | 83,756 (21.6%) | 2676 (5.8%) | 30,434 (17.6%) | 15,872 (12.0%) | 4171 (13.1%) | 171,882 (15.8%) |
Asian/Indian | 44,790 (9.5%) | 32,534 (8.4%) | 5218 (11.2%) | 33,598 (19.5%) | 11,446 (8.6%) | 2466 (7.8%) | 113,582 (10.5%) |
Pacific peoples | 22,309 (4.7%) | 20,299 (5.3%) | 1284 (2.8%) | 11,309 (6.6%) | 4645 (3.5%) | 1169 (3.7%) | 54,011 (5.0%) |
Other (including Middle Eastern/Latin American/African) | 7963 (1.7%) | 5891 (1.5%) | 745 (1.6%) | 4242 (2.5%) | 2232 (1.7%) | 292 (0.9%) | 18,281 (1.7%) |
6). NZ District Health Board (DHB) domicile: | N = 484,698 (%) | N = 394,573 (%) | N = 47,310 (%) | N = 183,230 (%) | N = 136,771 (%) | N = 32,994 (%) | N = 1,137,031 (%) |
Northlanda | 17,548 (3.6%) | 23,841 (6.0%) | 878 (1.9%) | 6315 (3.4%) | 3561 (2.6%) | 1321 (4.0%) | 48,445 (4.3%) |
Waitematā | 56,931 (11.8%) | 25,168 (6.4%) | 6975 (14.7%) | 24,521 (13.4%) | 13,969 (10.2%) | 2881 (8.8%) | 116,849 (10.3%) |
Auckland | 49,557 (10.2%) | 20,340 (5.2%) | 7931 (16.8%) | 18,335 (10.0%) | 13,387 (9.8%) | 3214 (9.8%) | 103,098 (9.1%) |
Counties Manukau | 49,799 (10.3%) | 41,844 (10.6%) | 4151 (8.8%) | 22,885 (12.5%) | 9729 (7.1%) | 2357 (7.1%) | 117,157 (10.3%) |
Waikatoa | 51,463 (10.6%) | 27,700 (7.0%) | 4811 (10.2%) | 17,232 (9.4%) | 24,310 (17.8%) | 3788 (11.5%) | 113,218 (10.0%) |
Bay of Plenty | 25,073 (5.2%) | 27,668 (7.0%) | 3707 (7.8%) | 8229 (4.5%) | 5417 (4.0%) | 1049 (3.2%) | 62,806 (5.5%) |
Taranakia | 12,489 (2.6%) | 9312 (2.4%) | 827 (1.8%) | 3974 (2.2%) | 1531 (1.1%) | 1419 (4.3%) | 26,194 (2.3%) |
Lakes | 11,257 (2.3%) | 24,681 (6.3%) | 825 (1.7%) | 4349 (2.4%) | 3829 (2.8%) | 462 (1.4%) | 39,710 (3.5%) |
Tairāwhitia | 5420 (1.1%) | 3116 (0.8%) | 191 (0.4%) | 1946 (1.1%) | 1054 (0.8%) | 410 (1.2%) | 10,865 (1.0%) |
Whanganui | 5730 (1.2%) | 4610 (1.2%) | 583 (1.2%) | 2544 (1.4%) | 1545 (1.1%) | 434 (1.3%) | 13,954 (1.2%) |
Midcentral | 18,796 (3.9%) | 41,080 (10.4%) | 1434 (3.0%) | 7643 (4.2%) | 3834 (2.8%) | 1532 (4.6%) | 64,252 (5.6%) |
Hawke’s Bay | 14,648 (3.0%) | 23,177 (5.9%) | 1298 (2.7%) | 6735 (3.7%) | 8906 (6.5%) | 1165 (3.5%) | 48,479 (4.3%) |
Capital and Coast | 33,191 (6.8%) | 13,944 (3.5%) | 4110 (8.7%) | 9873 (5.4%) | 11,016 (8.0%) | 1968 (6.0%) | 66,033 (5.8%) |
Hutt Valley | 16,115 (3.3%) | 5964 (1.5%) | 1677 (3.6%) | 5541 (3.0%) | 4185 (3.1%) | 885 (2.7%) | 30,800 (2.7% |
Wairarapaa | 4676 (1.0%) | 10,745 (2.7%) | 234 (0.5%) | 1754 (0.9%) | 2053 (1.5%) | 379 (1.2%) | 17,246 (1.5%) |
Nelson & Marlborougha | 15,183 (3.1%) | 14,673 (3.7%) | 714 (1.5%) | 4838 (2.6%) | 4296 (3.1%) | 837 (2.5%) | 35,666 (3.1%) |
West Coasta | 4171 (0.9%) | 4093 (1.0%) | 302 (0.6%) | 1363 (0.7%) | 304 (0.2%) | 309 (0.9%) | 9227 (0.8%) |
Canterbury | 54,350 (11.2%) | 29,910 (7.6%) | 3021 (6.4%) | 21,202 (11.6%) | 15,064 (11.0%) | 5391 (16.3%) | 115,353 (10.1%) |
South Canterburya | 3939 (0.8%) | 6123 (1.5%) | 191 (0.4%) | 2231 (1.2%) | 617 (0.5%) | 594 (1.8%) | 12,500 (1.1%) |
Southerna | 34,362 (7.1%) | 36,584 (9.3%) | 3450 (7.3%) | 11,720 (6.4%) | 8164 (6.0%) | 2599 (7.9%) | 85,179 (7.5%) |