Table 1.
Total number of patients | 6,732,469 | |
Sex | Male | 3,211,813 (47.7%) |
Female | 3,520,656 (52.3%) | |
Townsend score quintile | 1 (least deprived) | 1,566,745 (23.3%) |
2 | 1,384,301 (20.6%) | |
3 | 1,444,198 (21.4%) | |
4 | 1,359,639 (20.2%) | |
5 (most deprived) | 977,586 (14.5%) | |
Mean age at start of observation | 39.2 years |