Table 1.
Characteristics of emergency and non-emergency services personnel.
| Characteristics | Emergency services personnel n = 842 n (%) |
Non-emergency services personnel n = 4210 n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | - | ||
| Male | 652 (77.4) | 3260 (77.4) | |
| Female | 190 (22.6) | 950 (22.6) | |
| Age (years) | < 0.001 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 48.57 (5.69) | 53.34 (7.02) | |
| 40–44 | 223 (26.5) | 559 (13.3) | |
| 45–49 | 306 (36.3) | 794 (18.9) | |
| 50–54 | 188 (22.3) | 934 (22.2) | |
| 55–59 | 39 (10.2) | 981 (23.3) | |
| >59 | 39 (4.6) | 942 (22.4) | |
|
Townsend Deprivation Score Quintiles (1 – least deprived, 5 – highest deprivation) |
< 0.001 | ||
| 1 | 184 (21.9) | 825 (19.6) | |
| 2 | 191 (22.7) | 819 (19.5) | |
| 3 | 200 (23.8) | 808 (19.2) | |
| 4 | 165 (19.6) | 844 (20.1) | |
| 5 | 100 (11.9) | 908 (21.6) | |
| Highest qualification | < 0.001 | ||
| Below A level (O levels/GCSEs/CSE) | 388 (48.1) | 1189 (30.0) | |
| High (A levels, degree or higher) | 419 (51.9) | 2771 (70.0) | |
| Smoking status | 0.436 | ||
| Never | 498 (59.2) | 2463 (58.6) | |
| Previous | 269 (32.0) | 1416 (33.7) | |
| Current | 74 (8.8) | 325 (7.7) |
Numbers may not add up due to missing data. SD: standard deviation. P-values derived using Pearson’s Chi-Squared Test.