Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with chronic conditions: by ethnic group

	White British n = 6543	Other white, n = 150	Asian, n = 1092	Caribbean, n = 2999	African, n = 2313	Total, n = 14 297
Age, years	67.3	61.7	61.3	63.3	54.9	63.5
Sex, % male	49.1	48.4	52.7	40.2	46.3	47.0
Comorbidities, n	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.5
Area social deprivation score (IMD 07)	33.7	35.0	32.5	36.8	38.7	35.2