Reasons for making general practitioner (GP) first medical contact for those who called GP first
| Reasons | All cases (n=171) |
PMH of MI ± angina (n=30) | PMH of angina alone (n=30) | No cardiac history (n=111) |
| Not important enough for 999 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 43 |
| Miscellaneous | 57 | 9 | 8 | 40 |
| Should always call GP first | 56 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Thought GP would solve problem | 39 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| Never thought of 999 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
| Didn't want to call 999 unnecessarily | 21 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Always call my GP | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| Didn't know what else to do | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Friend/relative told me to | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Public cannot call ambulance | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GP told me to | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Columns greater than 100%, as more than one reason could be given per person.