The role of health literacy in explaining the association between educational attainment and the use of out-of-hours primary care services in chronically ill people: a survey study

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the sample of people with chronic disease

		% or mean (SD)
		(n = 1811)
Age in years		62.9 (14.0)
Sex	Male	46.7
Sex	Female	53.3
Age group in years	15–39	7.3
	40–64	40.4
	65–74	32.8
	75 and older	19.5
Education	Low	31.0
	Intermediate	42.2
	High	24.4
	Unknown	2.4
Household status	Living alone	27.1
	Living together	72.0
	Unknown	0.9
First diagnosed chronic condition	Cardiovascular disease	15.6
	Respiratory disease	37.3
	Musculoskeletal disease	10.4
	Cancer	4.8
	Diabetes	11.0
	Neurological disease	5.0
	Digestive disease	4.1
	Unspecified other disease	11.9
Number of chronic conditions	One	46.8
	Two	30.7
	Three or more	22.5
Illness duration in years (n = 1783)		12.8 (9.9)
used an out-of-hours primary care service in the past year	No	75.8
	Yes	19.7
	Unknown	4.5

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