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. 2026 May 20;24:321. doi: 10.1186/s12916-026-04906-9

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the included population

No intellectual disability Intellectual disability
Total 1,964,420 111,034
Gender
 Male 1,117,680 (56.9%) 64,268 (57.9%)
 Female 846,740 (43.1%) 46,766 (42.1%)
Age (years)
 18–30 815,697 (41.5%) 49,219 (44.3%)
 30–40 286,512 (14.6%) 15,689 (14.1%)
 40–50 303,368 (15.4%) 16,339 (14.7%)
 50–60 257,704 (13.1%) 13,732 (12.4%)
 60–70 158,617 (8.1%) 8406 (7.6%)
 >70 142,522 (7.3%) 7649 (6.9%)
Ethnicity
 White 1,622,952 (82.6%) 95,798 (86.3%)
 Asian 129,220 (6.6%) 6169 (5.6%)
 Black 75,192 (3.8%) 4479 (4%)
 Mixed/Multiple 25,567 (1.3%) 1566 (1.4%)
 Other 7630 (0.4%) 182 (0.2%)
 Unknown 103,859 (5.3%) 2840 (2.6%)
Deprivation (IMD quintile)
 1 - Least deprived 347,257 (17.7%) 14,824 (13.4%)
 2 370,388 (18.9%) 18,721 (16.9%)
 3 380,329 (19.4%) 21,651 (19.5%)
 4 415,110 (21.1%) 25,506 (23%)
 5 - Most deprived 448,408 (22.8%) 30,169 (27.2%)
 Unknown 2928 (0.1%) 163 (0.1%)

IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation