Table 1.

The percentage of cats in each age group used to construct the pet cat sample population in this study based on previous studies into age distribution of cats accessing Sydney veterinary practices (McGreevy et al 2002)

Age (years)	Percentage of owned cat sample population
0–2	21.3
3–4	12.9
5–6	12.6
7–8	14.7
9–10	12.0
11–12	10.5
13–14	7.0
15–16	5.2
17–18	2.4
≥19	1.4
Total	100