Table 1.
Demographic features of the sample
| Total sample, N (%) | 588 408 (100) |
| Age group, n (%) | |
| 18–34 years | 250 883 (43) |
| 35–54 years | 213 428 (36) |
| ≥55 years | 124 097 (21) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 299 796 (51) |
| Female | 288 612 (49) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| White British | 242 614 (41) |
| Irish | 13 745 (2) |
| Indian | 63 999 (11) |
| Pakistani | 35 596 (6) |
| Bangladeshi | 94 643 (16) |
| Black Caribbean | 54 939 (9) |
| Black African | 82 872 (14) |
| Area‐level deprivationa, n (%) | |
| Quintile 5 (most deprived) | 370 313 (67) |
| Quintile 4 | 147 890 (27) |
| Quintile 3 | 28 657 (5) |
| Quintile 2 | 5532 (1) |
| Quintile 1 (least deprived) | 2360 (<0.1) |
| Anti‐psychotic prescriptions, n (%) | |
| Not prescribed anti‐psychotic medication | 577167 (98) |
| Prescribed anti‐psychotic medication | 11241 (2) |
| Severe mental illness, n (%) | |
| No severe mental illness | 577638 (98) |
| Severe mental illness | 10770 (2) |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus, n (%) | |
| No diabetes mellitus | 541541 (92) |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 44622 (8) |
a
Index of Multiple Deprivation at Lower‐Level Super Output Area.