Table 1 Details of the three Health Boards which contributed data. The population data were obtained from Mid population statistics 2013a
NHS health board | Number of children in 2013 aged < 15 years, (% all children in Scotland) | Area covered by NHS Health board in square miles (children/square mile) | Median deprivation quintile (IQR, 1 = most deprived)) | Number of practices | Mean (SD) and median [IQR, minimum-maximum] number of referrals/1000 children/year (averaged over 2011–2017). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NHS Grampian | 91,711 (11 %) | 3360 (27) | 3 (2,4) | 62 | 22 (7) 22 [18–24, 4–52] |
NHS Highland | 50,604 (6 %) | 12,507 (4) | 3 (2,4) | 63 | 119 (232) 34 [12–132, 2-1562] |
NHS Tayside | 63,335 (7 %) | 2986 (21) | 3 (2,4) | 65 | 35 (8) 34 [30–40, 22–74] |