Table 1 The rural–urban divide in the number of patients and number of visits with GI diseases, stratified by gender and age
From: The rural - urban divide in ambulatory care of gastrointestinal diseases in Taiwan
Rural | Suburban | Urban | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beneficiaries | Pat. with GI disease (%) | No. of visits with GI disease per beneficiary (mean ± SD) | Beneficiaries | Pat. with GI disease (%) | No. of visits with GI disease per beneficiary (mean ± SD) | Beneficiaries | Pat. with GI disease (%) | No. of visits with GI disease per beneficiary (mean ± SD) | |
Female | |||||||||
0-17 | 3654 | 1357 (37.1) | 0.79 ± 1.70 | 11886 | 4408 (37.1) | 0.82 ± 1.76 | 44476 | 16150 (36.3) | 0.79 ± 1.71 |
18-39 | 3261 | 1329 (40.8) | 1.27 ± 2.91 | 16293 | 6577 (40.4) | 1.18 ± 2.62 | 110506 | 42228 (38.2) | 1.05 ± 2.46 |
40-64 | 6664 | 3009 (45.2) | 1.77 ± 3.69 | 21141 | 8926 (42.2) | 1.64 ± 3.65 | 103375 | 39711 (38.4) | 1.43 ± 3.46 |
> = 65 | 4464 | 2243 (50.2) | 2.48 ± 5.04 | 10493 | 4846 (46.2) | 2.26 ± 4.72 | 29858 | 12907 (43.2) | 2.07 ± 4.49 |
Subtotal | 18043 | 7938 (44.0)* | 1.66 ± 3.71** | 59813 | 24757 (41.1)* | 1.46 ± 3.37** | 288215 | 110996 (38.5)* | 1.25 ± 3.05** |
Male | |||||||||
0-17 | 3971 | 1449 (36.5) | 0.78 ± 1.58 | 13037 | 4827 (37.0) | 0.78 ± 1.64 | 48661 | 17922 (36.8) | 0.79 ± 1.74 |
18-39 | 4242 | 1199 (28.3) | 0.81 ± 2.57 | 16399 | 4456 (27.2) | 0.77 ± 2.42 | 88672 | 23716 (26.7) | 0.70 ± 2.10 |
40-64 | 7480 | 2791 (37.3) | 1.77 ± 4.47 | 21394 | 7530 (35.2) | 1.54 ± 4.02 | 91968 | 29655 (32.2) | 1.26 ± 3.35 |
> = 65 | 4236 | 1963 (46.3) | 2.66 ± 5.58 | 10007 | 4513 (45.1) | 2.48 ± 5.23 | 27082 | 11416 (42.2) | 2.24 ± 4.94 |
Subtotal | 19929 | 7402 (37.1)* | 1.56 ± 4.07** | 60837 | 21326 (35.1)* | 1.32 ± 3.57** | 256383 | 82709 (32.3)* | 1.08 ± 2.99** |
Total | 37972 | 15340 (40.4)* | 1.6 ± 3.90 | 120650 | 46083 (38.2)* | 1.39 ± 3.47 | 544598 | 193705 (35.6)* | 1.17 ± 3.02 |