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. 2016 Jun 9;115(1):136–144. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.158

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample (n (%)).

Sample Total n (%) White British White Irish Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Black African Black Caribbean Chinese Other
  38 492 (100.0) 31 563 (82.0) 447 (1.2) 768 (2.0) 610 (1.6) 403 (1.0) 885 (2.3) 784 (2.0) 174 (0.5) 2858 (7.4)
Comparison: England (2011 Census data) 53 012 456 (100.0) 42 279 236 (79.8) 517 001 (1.0) 1 395 702 (2.6) 1 112 282 (2.1) 436 514 (0.8) 977 741 (1.8) 591 016 (1.1) 379 503 (0.7) 5 323 461 (10.0)
Gender
Women 21 534 (55.9) 17 959 (56.9) 244 (54.6) 391 (50.9) 283 (46.4) 170 (42.2) 450 (50.8) 451 (57.5) 92 (52.9) 1494 (52.3)
Men 16 958 (44.1) 13 604 (43.1) 203 (45.4) 377 (49.1) 327 (53.6) 233 (57.8) 435 (49.2) 333 (42.5) 82 (47.1) 1364 (47.7)
Age (years)
15–34 9999 (25.9) 7067 (22.4) 121 (27.1) 341 (44.4) 275 (45.1) 181 (44.9) 360 (40.6) 251 (32.0) 85 (48.8) 1318 (46.1)
35–54 14 230 (36.9) 11 547 (36.6) 140 (31.3) 288 (37.5) 220 (36.0) 147 (36.5) 424 (47.9) 330 (42.1) 63 (36.2) 1071 (37.5)
55–74 11 982 (31.1) 10 847 (34.4) 156 (34.9) 124 (16.1) 108 (17.7) 72 (17.9) 272 (10.4) 153 (19.5) 21 (12.1) 409 (14.3)
75+ 2281 (5.9) 2102 (6.6) 30 (6.7) 15 (1.9) 7 (1.1) 3 (0.7) 9 (1.0) 50 (6.4) 5 (2.9) 60 (2.1)
Area income deprivation
1 (Most affluent) 4580 (11.9) 4027 (12.7) 39 (8.7) 74 (9.6) 19 (3.1) 13 (3.2) 36 (4.1) 27 (3.4) 24 (13.8) 321 (11.2)
2 (Less affluent) 5473 (14.2) 4830 (15.3) 53 (11.9) 97 (12.6) 44 (7.2) 19 (4.7) 27 (3.0) 44 (5.6) 22 (12.6) 337 (11.8)
3 (Deprived) 8084 (21.0) 6821 (21.6) 115 (25.7) 141 (18.4) 74 (12.1) 37 (9.2) 114 (12.9) 145 (18.5) 40 (23.0) 597 (20.9)
4 (More deprived) 8286 (21.5) 6532 (20.7) 111 (24.8) 185 (24.1) 134 (22.0) 70 (17.3) 271 (30.6) 225 (28.7) 34 (19.5) 724 (25.3)
5 (Most deprived) 12 069 (31.3) 9353 (29.6) 129 (28.8) 271 (35.3) 339 (55.6) 264 (65.5) 437 (49.4) 343 (43.5) 54 (31.0) 376 (30.7)