Table 1.

Percentage of the Northern Irish population aged 18–74 years (1 323 363) by demographic and area-level characteristics per segregation category

		Segregated areas (as defined by D >0.6)		Segregated areas (as defined by barriers)
	Total population N=1 323 363	Segregated n=316 485	Non-segregated n=1 058 393	Barrier n=61 942	No barrier n=1 312 936
Gender
Male	50.2	50.7	50.1	51.3	50.2
Female	49.8	49.3	49.9	48.8	49.8
Age (years)
18–24	14.8	15.6	14.5	17.1	14.6
25–34	20.8	22.3	20.3	23.2	20.6
35–44	21.0	20.9	21.1	19.6	21.1
45–54	18.9	18.3	19.0	18.1	18.9
55–64	14.4	13.3	14.7	12.4	14.5
65–74	10.3	9.6	10.5	9.6	10.3
Conurbation
Urban	38.9	52.1	34.9	91.5	36.4
Rural	61.1	47.9	65.1	8.5	63.6
Deprivation
1 (least)	20.9	7.7	24.8	0.0	21.8
2	22.0	16.4	23.7	0.0	23.0
3	17.7	14.9	18.6	0.0	18.6
4	20.1	21.8	19.6	12.9	20.5
5 (most)	19.3	39.2	13.4	87.1	16.1
Crime
1 (least)	19.9	16.6	20.9	0.0	20.8
2	20.1	13.6	22.1	0.0	21.1
3	20.0	12.9	22.1	8.3	20.5
4	19.8	25.3	18.2	22.1	19.7
5 (most)	20.2	31.6	16.7	69.6	17.8
Segregation index
Dissimilarity Index >0.6	23.0	–	–	93.6	19.7
Dissimilarity Index <0.6	77.0	–	–	6.4	80.3
Segregation barrier
No barrier	95.5	19.7	80.3	–	–
Close or very close to barrier	4.5	93.6	6.4	–	–
Medication
Antidepressants	13.9	15.6	13.5	20.5	13.6
Anxiolytics	4.3	5.2	4.0	8.6	4.1
Either drug	15.5	17.3	14.9	23.3	15.1