Table 3 Characteristics of patients in PCOOH and ED datasets
|  | PCOOH patients (N = 724,921) | % | ED patients (N = 60,106) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
  < =5 | 119,611 | 16.5 | 7482 | 14.5 |
 6–17 | 78,757 | 10.9 | 6414 | 12.4 |
 18–45 | 263,234 | 36.3 | 17,905 | 34.6 |
 46–70 | 154,826 | 21.4 | 12,361 | 23.9 |
 71+ | 108,486 | 15.0 | 7524 | 14.6 |
 Not recorded | 7 | – | 8420 | – |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 420,663 | 58.0 | – | – |
 Male | 304,258 | 42.0 | – | – |
Number of contacts | ||||
 1 | 532,807 | 73.5 | 40,011 | 66.6 |
 2–5 | 181,906 | 25.1 | 18,965 | 31.6 |
 6–10 | 8105 | 1.1 | 951 | 1.6 |
 11–50 | 2002 | 0.3 | 177 | 0.3 |
 51–100 | 79 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.003 |
 101+ | 22 | 0.003 | 0 | – |