Table 1 Unscheduled asthma care visits: public assistance recipient characteristics and visit incidence across variables
|  |  | Population at risk of unscheduled visits (N = 2,386) | Unscheduled visits (n = 121, 5.1% of N) |
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Category | N (%) | n, % for N |
Age | Mean (SD) | 48.5 (11.1) | 45.0 (10.9) |
Sex | Male | 1,261 (52.8) | 47, 3.7% |
Female | 1,125 (47.2) | 74, 6.6% | |
Household composition | Living alone | 1,452 (60.9) | 65, 4.5% |
Living with children | 279 (11.7) | 19, 7.0% | |
Living with adults | 655 (27.4) | 37, 5.6% | |
Work status | Working | 757 (31.7) | 50, 6.6% |
Not working | 1,629 (68.3) | 71, 4.4% | |
Nationality | Japanese | 2,285 (95.8) | 116, 5.1% |
Other | 101 (4.2) | 5, 5.0% | |
Disabilities certificate | None | 1,790 (75.0) | 85, 4.7% |
Mental disability | 373 (15.6) | 24, 6.4% | |
Intellectual disability | 71 (3.0) | 3, 4.2% | |
Physical disability | 152 (6.4) | 9, 5.9% | |
Municipality | A | 1,797 (75.3) | 92, 5.1% |
B | 589 (24.7) | 29, 4.9% |