Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of responders to the 2009/2010 General Practice Patient Survey

Characteristic		n	%
All survey responders		2 169 718	100
Sex
Male		897 326	42.4
Female		1 218 009	57.6
Age group, years
18-24		103 865	4.9
25-34		230 654	10.9
35-44		326 488	15.5
45-54		376 472	17.8
55-64		428 774	20.3
65-74		357 022	16.9
75-84		223 834	10.6
≥85		66 621	3.2
Ethnic group (ONS 6)	Ethnic group (ONS16)
White	White British	1 746 425	82
	Irish	28 805	1.4
	Any other white	86 278	4.1
Mixed	White and Black Caribbean	4345	0.2
	White and Black African	2808	0.1
	White and Asian	4182	0.2
	Any other mixed	5046	0.2
South-Asian	Indian	53 464	2.6
	Pakistani	29 056	1.4
	Bangladeshi	9711	0.5
	Any other Asian	21 270	1
Black	Black Caribbean	24 095	1.1
	Black African	29 936	1.4
	Any other black	4750	0.2
Chinese	Chinese	10 007	0.5
Other ethnic group	Other ethnic group	69 665	3.3
Deprivation quintile
1 (affluent)		387 771	17.9
2		418 707	19.3
3		430 329	19.9
4		446 263	20.6
5 (deprived)		483 594	22.3
Presence of self-reported chronic medical condition
No		948 565	49.9
Yes		951 323	50.1
Presence of self-reported long-standing psychological or emotional condition
No		1 792 622	94.2
Yes		110 507	5.8
Number of practice GPs
1		259 957	12.1
2		347 707	16.2
3		285 727	13.3
4		281 408	13.1
5		257 185	11.9
6-9		651 996	30.2
≥10		72 390	3.4
Type of appointments sought in previous 6 monthsa
No appointments requested		570 480	26.3
Urgent only		554 818	25.6
Non-urgent only		271 794	12.5
Both urgent and non-urgent		772 626	35.6

ONS = Office for National Statistics.

^aAs reported by the patients (see Method).