Table 1

The sex and age-band distributions of face-to-face contact rates in this study compared with analogous data from the National Study of 1991–199213 and of the General Practice Research Database.14

		Age band (years)
	Sex	0–4	5–15	16–24	25–44	45–64	65–74	75+
Northlands	Male	4.6	2.0	2.3	2.5	3.5	5.2	6.7
	Female	4.7	2.6	4.9	4.7	4.7	5.3	6.5
‘Fourth National Statistics’^a	Male	5.1	2.0	1.7	1.9	3.1	4.3	5.5
	Female	4.8	2.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.7	5.5
General practice research database^b	Male	6.1	2.2	1.8	1.9	3.2	5.3	6.7
	Female	5.8	2.5	4.5	4.8	5.1	6.0	6.9

↵^aFrom 60 UK general practices, 1991–1992 — not including nurse consultations.
↵^bFrom 226 UK general practices 1992–1998, including telephone consultations.