Table 1.

Continuity of care by demographic characteristics

Characteristic	Total patients, n (%)	UPC, mean (SD)	COC, mean (SD)
Age group, years
18–29	58 920 (15.4)	0.42 (0.20)	0.21 (0.21)
30–39	64 348 (16.9)	0.42 (0.20)	0.22 (0.21)
40–49	62 563 (16.4)	0.44 (0.20)	0.24 (0.22)
50–59	66 207 (17.4)	0.45 (0.21)	0.26 (0.22)
60–69	53 925 (14.1)	0.47 (0.21)	0.28 (0.23)
70–79	44 370 (11.6)	0.48 (0.21)	0.30 (0.23)
≥80	31 141 (8.2)	0.47 (0.21)	0.30 (0.22)

Sex
Female	217 592 (57.0)	0.43 (0.20)	0.24 (0.21)
Male	163 882 (43.0)	0.47 (0.21)	0.27 (0.23)

Area deprivation
Most deprived^a	71 416 (18.7)	0.43 (0.20)	0.24 (0.21)
Least deprived	81 362 (21.3)	0.46 (0.21)	0.26 (0.22)

Ethnicity
Bangladeshi	2901 (0.8)	0.41 (0.19)	0.21 (0.19)
Pakistani	7050 (1.8)	0.43 (0.20)	0.24 (0.21)
Indian	10 459 (2.7)	0.46 (0.21)	0.27 (0.23)
Any other Asian background	6407 (1.7)	0.45 (0.21)	0.26 (0.23)
Black African	7978 (2.1)	0.42 (0.20)	0.22 (0.21)
Black Caribbean	5399 (1.4)	0.42 (0.21)	0.24 (0.22)
Any other Black background	2272 (0.6)	0.42 (0.21)	0.22 (0.21)
Chinese	1891 (0.5)	0.45 (0.21)	0.24 (0.22)
Mixed	5183 (1.4)	0.43 (0.20)	0.23 (0.21)
All other ethnic groups	5466 (1.4)	0.44 (0.21)	0.24 (0.22)
White	326 468 (85.6)	0.45 (0.21)	0.25 (0.22)

Long-term conditions
0–1	253 137 (66.4)	0.45 (0.21)	0.24 (0.22)
≥2	128 337 (33.6)	0.45 (0.21)	0.27 (0.21)

For those with ≥2 long-term conditions
≥2 physical long-term conditions	91 031 (23.9)	0.45 (0.21)	0.27 (0.22)
≥2 mental long-term conditions	583 (0.2)	0.45 (0.22)	0.28 (0.24)
≥2 physical and mental long-term conditions	36 723 (9.6)	0.44 (0.21)	0.26 (0.21)

↵a Patient resident in one of the 20% most deprived areas of England. COC = Bice–Boxerman continuity of care index. SD = standard deviation. UPC = Usual Provider of Care index.