Table 1.
Response rates and characteristics of survey respondents
| Study response rate, % | Respondents*, n or % | NI population†, n or % | Survey data generalised to NI population‡, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Age ≥40 years | Age ≥60 years | Age ≥40 years | Age ≥60 years | |||
| Total | 29.6 | 2955 | 2955 | 2597 | 397 977 | 160 818 | 2597 (100.0) |
| Age group, years | % | % | % | % | |||
| 40–59 | 22.6 | 358 | 12.1 | 59.6 | |||
| 60–69 | 34.7 | 1331 | 45.0 | 51.3 | 21.6 | 53.3 | 1385 (53.3) |
| 70–79 | 29.9 | 1045 | 35.4 | 40.2 | 12.9 | 32.0 | 830 (32.0) |
| ≥80 | 20.3 | 221 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 14.7 | 382 (14.7) |
| Deprivation indicator | |||||||
| Least deprived | 40.1 | 482 | 16.3 | 18.6 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 571 (22.0) |
| Quintile 2 | 33.1 | 538 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 519 (20.0) |
| Quintile 3 | 29.2 | 592 | 20.0 | 22.8 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 527 (20.3) |
| Quintile 4 | 27.5 | 480 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 519 (20.0) |
| Most deprived | 22.9 | 505 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 461 (17.8) |
*Age distribution matched to prostate cancer survivors. †Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24. ‡By excluding those aged 40–59 years and weighting to the NI population by age and deprivation.