Genital chlamydia testing rate and characteristics of the focus group practices
| Site | High testing practices | Low testing practices | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | |
| *Most deprived: +; most affluent: −. | ||||||||||||
| †Mean: Bristol, 10.6%; Hereford, 9.5%; Gloucester, 8.2%. | ||||||||||||
| Chlamydia specimens submitted/1000 patient population | 20.8 | 13.6 | 23.3 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 2.05 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Training practice Y/N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Townsend deprivation score* | −0.22 | 4.48 | 1.13 | −3.69 | −0.18 | −1.42 | 4.69 | 2.37 | −1.41 | 0.65 | −0.41 | 0.48 |
| 2001 Census, ONS General Health.† Percentage of resident population whose health “Not good in previous year” | 10.8 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 11.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 |