Table 3.
Descriptive summary of SLAM case register records*
| Number (%) | |
| Total | 122,440 |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤ 20 | 20,274 (16.6) |
| 21–40 | 43,610 (35.6) |
| 41–60 | 36,305 (29.7) |
| 61–80 | 12,881 (10.5) |
| >80 yrs | 9370 (7.7) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 60,833 (49.8) |
| Female | 61,342 (50.2) |
| Self-assigned ethnicity (full breakdown)** | |
| British | 43,909 (57.8) |
| Irish | 2343 (3.0) |
| Any other White background | 6653 (8.6) |
| Mixed: White and Black African | 354 (0.5) |
| Mixed: White and Asian | 254 (0.3) |
| Mixed: Any other mixed background | 418 (0.5) |
| Indian | 1041 (1.3) |
| Pakistani | 420 (0.5) |
| Bangladeshi | 355 (0.5) |
| Any other Asian background | 1483 (1.9) |
| Caribbean | 5260 (6.8) |
| African | 5360 (6.9) |
| Any other Black background | 6236 (8.0) |
| Chinese | 190 (0.2) |
| Any other ethnic group | 3398 (4.4) |
| Self-assigned ethnicity (amalgamated)** | |
| British | 52,905 (68.1) |
| Mixed | 1026 (1.3) |
| Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or 'other Asian' | 3299 (4.2) |
| Caribbean, African or any 'other Black' | 16,856 (21.7) |
| Other | 3588 (4.6) |
| Number with active Care Programme Approach*** | 35,396 (28.9) |
*Data ascertained on 20/10/08
**Recorded for 77,674 (63.4%)
***Implying active care management and ongoing service contact