Table 3 Mean (median) number of consultations last year in primary healthcare (PHC), somatic specialist healthcare (SSHC) and mental specialist healthcare(MSHC) according to health anxiety, social and demographic variables and somatic and mental morbidity

WI-6 score of HA

0 points

5162

26%

1.8 (1)

0.7 (0)

0.2 (0)

1. quartile (1–2 points)

5564

28%

2.4 (2)

0.9 (0)

0.2 (0)

2. quartile (3 points)

2048

10%

2.9 (2)

1.1 (0)

0.3 (0)

3. quartile (4–6 points)

4645

23%

3.4 (2)

1.4 (0)

0.4 (0)

4. quartile (7–24 points)

2847

15%

5.0 (4)

2.4 (1)

1.1 (0)

20,266

Age

40–49 years

6432

32%

2.7 (2)

1.1 (0)

0.6 (0)

50–59 years

6035

30%

2.8(2)

1.1 (0)

0.4 (0)

60–69 years

5179

24%

2.9 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.2 (0)

70–79 years

2676

11%

3.4 (2)

1.4 (0)

0.04 (0)

80 years or older

761

3%

4.3 (3)

2.0 (0)

0.1 (0)

Total

21,083

Gender

Female

11,074

51%

3.2 (2)

1.3 (0)

0.5 (0)

Male

10,009

49%

2.5 (2)

1.0 (0)

0.2 (0)

Total

21,083

Educational level

Primary/partly secondary education

4796

23%

3.5 (2)

1.1 (0)

0.3 (0)

Upper secondary education

5756

28%

3.0 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.3 (0)

Tertiary education, short

4008

19%

2.9 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.4 (0)

Tertiary education, long

6145

30%

2.4 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.5 (0)

Total

20,705

Household income

Low (less than NOK 451.000)

4545

23%

3.7 (2)

1.5 (0)

0.6 (0)

Lower middle (NOK 451–750.000)

5884

29%

3.1 (2)

1.3 (0)

0.4 (0)

Upper middle (NOK 751–1 million)

4741

23%

2.7 (2)

1.1 (0)

0.3 (0)

High (More than NOK 1 million)

5015

25%

2.1 (1)

1.0 (0)

0.2 (0)

Total

20,185

Physical illness

None

10,924

52%

2.0 (1)

0.8 (0)

0.3 (0)

One

6171

29%

3.3 (2)

1.4 (0)

0.4 (0)

Two or more

3987

19%

4.8 (4)

2.2 (1)

0.4 (0)

Total

21,082

Mental illness

No

17,660

87%

2.6 (2)

1.1 (0)

N/A

Yes, now

898

4%

6.0 (5)

1.9 (0)

Yes, previously

1826

9%

3.6 (3)

1.5 (0)

20,384

HADS

Under 15 points

17,864

93%

N/A

N/A

0.2 (0)

15 points or more

1268

7%

2.5 (0)

Total

19,132

Living with a spouse/partner

No

4609

23%

3.2 (2)

1.3 (0)

0.6 (0)

Yes

15,283

77%

2.7 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.3 (0)

Total

19,892

Do you have friends you can get support from and talk confidentially with? (“Quality of friendship”)

No

1621

8%

3.7 (2)

1.4 (0)

1.2 (0)

To some extent

1774

9%

3.2 (2)

1.3 (0)

0.5 (0)

Yes

17,117

83%

2.7 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.3 (0)

Total

20,512

Participating in organised activity

Never, or just a few times a year

11,310

5%

3.0 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.4 (0)

1–2 times a month

4981

24%

2.9 (2)

1.3 (0)

0.3 (0)

Approximately once a week

2597

13%

2.7 (2)

1.2 (0)

0.3 (0)

More than once a week

1856

9%

2.5 (2)

1.0 (0)

0.4 (0)

Total

20,744