Table 1.
Percentage of applicants to medical school by UK country according to four measures of socioeconomic status (SES)
| England (n = 26442) | Scotland (n = 2479) | Wales (n = 1380) | N. Ireland (n = 1764) | UK (n = 32065) | UK application ratio (applicants: estimated population) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMD decile (postcode assigned SES) | ||||||
| 1 deprived | 5.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 0.51 |
| 2 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 0.69 |
| 3 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 0.66 |
| 4 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 0.73 |
| 5 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 0.81 |
| 6 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.90 |
| 7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 0.94 |
| 8 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 1.13 |
| 9 | 13.8 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 1.45 |
| 10 affluent | 19.7 | 32.3 | 34.5 | 30.4 | 21.9 | 2.19 |
| School typea | ||||||
| Independent | 25.9 | 29.6 | 14.9 | 0.2 | 24.3 | 3.74 |
| State | 71.1 | 65.4 | 82.1 | 96.7 | 72.5 | 0.78 |
| Grammar | 19.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 91.0 | 21.1 | - |
| Comp/FEC/SFC | 51.6 | 65.3 | 82.0 | 5.7 | 51.4 | - |
| Missing/Unknown/Other | 3.1 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | - |
| Parental NS-SEC | ||||||
| 1 Higher managerial/admin & professional | 73.9 | 83.7 | 80.7 | 79.6 | 75.3 | 2.0 |
| 2 Intermediate | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| 3 Small employers, own account workers | 5.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| 4 Lower supervisory and technical | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 |
| 5 Semi-routine and routine | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Missing | 10.8 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 9.9 | - |
aIndependent schools are fee-paying and mainly select by academic ability. State schools are government funded and free to use. Grammar schools select by academic ability. Comp/FEC/Other refers to comprehensive schools (non-selective), further education colleges (which provide non-selective education to some 16–18 year olds), other refers to a range of other school types including sixth-form colleges (which only provide education to 16–18 year olds)