Table 1: Population and cohort composition, stratified by: Age, Sex at birth, Health Board of Residence, and Deprivation Quintiles. 28 patients treated at one Health Board in our study resided in a different Health Board.
| Characteristic | Eligible population | UC Cohort | Biologics cohort | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Total | 2,319,527 | 100.00 | 17,632 | 100.00 | 447 | 100.00 | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 1,200,432 | 51.75 | 9,117 | 51.71 | 209 | 46.76 | ||
| Male | 1,119,095 | 48.25 | 8,515 | 48.29 | 238 | 53.24 | ||
| Age | ||||||||
| 0-16 | 61,599 | 2.66 | 59 | 0.33 | – | – | ||
| 17-40 | 860,956 | 37.12 | 3,383 | 19.19 | 186 | 41.61 | ||
| 41-60 | 722,441 | 31.15 | 5,704 | 32.35 | 164 | 36.69 | ||
| 61-80 | 549,077 | 23.67 | 6,950 | 39.42 | 89 | 19.91 | ||
| 80+ | 125,454 | 5.41 | 1,536 | 8.71 | – | – | ||
| mean | 47 years | 58 years | 45 years | |||||
| median | 47 years | 60 years | 45 years | |||||
| Health Board of residence | ||||||||
| Aneurin Bevan | 392,637 | 16.93 | 2,776 | 15.74 | 16 | 3.58 | ||
| Betsi Cadwaladr | 472,468 | 20.37 | 3,996 | 22.66 | – | – | ||
| Cardiff and Vale | 386,743 | 16.67 | 2,690 | 15.26 | 266 | 59.51 | ||
| Cwm Taf Morg. | 365,626 | 15.76 | 2,998 | 17.00 | 12 | 2.68 | ||
| Hywel Dda | 277,101 | 11.95 | 2,115 | 12.00 | – | – | ||
| Powys | 49,847 | 2.15 | 395 | 2.24 | – | – | ||
| Swansea Bay | 318,374 | 13.73 | 2,436 | 13.82 | 141 | 31.54 | ||
| not known | 56,731 | 2.45 | 226 | 1.28 | – | – | ||
| WIMD quintile | ||||||||
| 1. Most deprived | 460,783 | 19.87 | 3,000 | 17.01 | 98 | 21.92 | ||
| 2 | 458,772 | 19.78 | 3,470 | 19.68 | 73 | 16.33 | ||
| 3 | 449,911 | 19.40 | 3,425 | 19.42 | 66 | 14.77 | ||
| 4 | 427,093 | 18.41 | 3,663 | 20.77 | 68 | 15.21 | ||
| 5. Least deprived | 466,236 | 20.10 | 3,848 | 21.82 | 139 | 31.10 | ||
| not known | 56,732 | 2.45 | 226 | 1.28 | – | – | ||