Table 1.

Patient Characteristics in 2007

Characteristic	All Patients (N=7,434)	White (n=3,181)	Black (n=1,811)	South Asian (n=1,653)
Male, %	50.4	52.5	54.1	53.4
Mean age, y	59.1	59.7	60.4	58.1
Comorbidity: 0, %	31.8	29.6	28.6	34.7
Comorbidity: 1, %	36.6	35.2	45.0	32.8
Comorbidity: ≥2, %	31.4	35.1	26.3	32.4
Mean socioeconomic scorea	20.7	20.9	21.3	19.7

^aUsing the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007; the higher the score, the greater the deprivation.