Table 1.

Ethnicity make-up of sample for all ages and those aged ≥85 years

Ethnicity		All ages		≥85 years
		n	%	n	%
White	British	1 323 621	82.7	49 891	93.1
	Irish	16 330	1.0	662	1.2
	Gypsy or Irish Traveller	401	0.0	6	0.0
	Any other white	71 105	4.4	1386	2.6
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups	White and black Caribbean	3413	0.2	26	0.1
	White and black African	1865	0.1	4	0.0
	White and Asian	3171	0.2	18	0.0
	Any other mixed	3340	0.2	15	0.0
Asian/Asian British	Indian	38 705	2.4	425	0.8
	Pakistani	20 729	1.3	143	0.3
	Bangladeshi	6699	0.4	23	0.0
	Chinese	7986	0.5	66	0.1
	Any other Asian	19 812	1.2	105	0.2
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British	African	21 131	1.3	24	0.0
	Caribbean	13 715	0.9	275	0.5
	Any other black	6061	0.4	52	0.1
Other ethnic group	Arab	2786	0.2	16	0.0
	Other	38 931	2.4	458	0.9
Total		1 599 801	100.0	53 595	100.0