Percentage of patients in each deprivation category compared with the population in the west of Scotland, Scotland as a whole, and England and Wales
| Deprivation category | ||||||||
| Most affluent | Most deprived | Missing postcodes | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 440 patients started on im gold (%) (1980s) | 5.7 | 5.2 | 10.5 | 20 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 15.2 | 5.2 |
| 374 patients started on sulphasalazine (1990s) | 5.6 | 5.9 | 10.9 | 19.7 | 10.4 | 22.4 | 16.3 | 8.8 |
| W Scotland population (%) | 8 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 10 | |
| Scotland | 6 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 7 | |
| England and Wales (%) | 21.6 | 30.4 | 21.7 | 14.7 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 | |