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. 2020 Dec 3;6(1):e21–e29. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30269-3

Table.

Characteristics of all app users in England who signed up between March 24, and Sept 29, 2020

Participants (n=2 842 732)
Age, years 43·3 (17·3)
≤18 196 143 (6·9%)
19–64 2 296 614 (80·8%)
≥65 349 975 (12·3%)
Sex ..
Female 1 739 929 (61·2%)
Male 1 101 145 (38·7%)
Intersex 150 (<0·1%)
Prefer not to say 1508 (0·1%)
Preconditions* ..
Kidney disease 18 674 (0·7%); n=2 842 028
Lung disease 302 657 (12·1%); n=2 506 549
Heart disease 66 445 (2·3%); n=2 842 028
Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) 79 143 (2·8); n=2 842 028
Cancer 19 543 (1·3%); n=1 508 505
Index of multiple deprivation ..
Bottom tercile (most deprived) 530 216 (18·7%)
Middle tercile 990 122 (34·8%)
Upper tercile (least deprived) 1 322 394 (46·5%)
Smokers 276 044 (9·7%)
Race or ethnicity
Asian or Asian British (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or other) 49 237 (0·6%); n=2 144 799
Black or Black British (Caribbean, African, or other) 13 556 (0·6%); n=2 144 799
Mixed race (White and Black or Black British) 13 556 (0·6%); n=2 144 799
Mixed race (other) 31 627 (1·5%); n=2 144 799
White (British, Irish, or other) 1 001 553 (93·3%); n=2 144 799
Chinese or Chinese British 7823 (0·4%); n=2 144 799
Middle Eastern or Middle Eastern British (Arab, Turkish, or other) 8880 (0·4%); n=2 144 799
Other ethnic group 10 464 (0·5%); n=2 144 799
Prefer not to say 8103 (0·4%); n=2 144 799

Data are mean (SD) or n (%).

*

Not all participants answered questions on preconditions. The numbers reported are the absolute number of users that reported having the precondition, and percentages are calculated among all participants who answered each precondition question.

Question asked from March 29, 2020.

Question asked from April 18, 2020.