Consultations in general practice and out-of-hours (OOH) services during 2008/09 influenza season (week 1–9 2009) and pandemic influenza season (week 30–51 2009) by age, sex, centrality of the municipality and diagnosis (influenza vs. non-influenza).

1ILI: Consultations with ICPC-2 code R80 influenza/influenza-like illness. Other: Non-influenza consultations, i.e. different ICPC-2 diagnoses. 2The centrality is defined as a municipality’s geographical location in relation to a centre where there are important functions (central functions) and is measured on a scale of 0–3 where 0 is the least and 3 is the most central. Values are dichotomised to rural (0, 1 and 2) and urban (3).