Table 2.

Participant characteristics and attendance rates by subgroup for individuals who attended initial assessment during June 2016 to April 2017

	Number attended initial assessment	Percentage of attendees	Population of each subgroup	Rate per 100 000 population subgroup	95% CIs		Chi‐squared P
					Lower	Upper
Total	17 892		22 053 501	81	80	82
Sex
Men	7929	44	10 763 217	74	72	75	<0.001
Women	9866	55	11 290 284	87	86	89
unknown	97	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Age group
<40 years	626	3	8 403 055	7	7	8	<0.001
40–44 years	624	3	1 905 971	33	30	35
45–49 years	1019	6	2 000 593	51	48	54
50–54 years	1520	8	1 927 497	79	75	83
55–59 years	2020	11	1 631 036	124	119	129
60–64 years	2,329	13	1 433 023	163	156	169
65–69 years	3,168	18	1 475 649	215	207	222
70–74 years	2,903	16	1 105 270	263	253	272
≥75 years	3,667	20	2 171 407	169	163	174
Unknown	16	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ethnic group
Asian, Afro‐Caribbean, mixed, other	4,515	25	3 792 288	119	116	123	<0.001
White European	12,397	69	18 261 213	68	67	69
Unknown	980	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deprivation quintile
IMD 1 (most deprived)	3,073	17	4 296 577	72	69	74	<0.001
IMD 2	2,972	17	4 602 993	65	62	67
IMD 3	3,492	20	4 418 163	79	76	82
IMD 4	2,854	16	4 294 546	66	64	69
IMD 5 (least deprived)	2,651	15	4 441 222	60	57	62
Unknown	2,850	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.