Table 1.

Activity and patient characteristics across three screening centres for the 2017–2018 period

	NEL DESP	GS DESP	SEL DESP
Number of patients invited	106 257	30 658	77 086
Number of patients examined (participation rate %)	88 519 (83%)	23 697 (77%)	62 738 (81%)
Ethnicity of patients (%)
White	35.8	66.9	50.8
Asian	43.0	2.5	13.2
Black	15.4	1	26.3
Mixed	1.2	0.5	2.1
Not-specified	4.6	29.3	7.6
Gender
Male (%)	54	57	54.4
Female (%)	46	43	45.6
Not specified (%)	<0.1		<0.1
Age
Mean (range) in years	60 (12–107)	66 (12–104)	61 (12–107)
50 years or older (%)	79.5	87.1	83.3

DESP, Diabetic Eye Screening Programme; GS, Gloucestershire; NEL, North East London; SEL, South East London.