Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population
| Variable | Level | Count (%) |
| Vaccinated | 6 202 780 (93.2) | |
| Sex | Female | 3 672 314 (55.2) |
| Male | 2 983 358 (44.8) | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | 78.8 (6.5) |
| Ethnicity | Bangladeshi | 11 522 (0.2) |
| Black African | 21 535 (0.3) | |
| Black Caribbean | 52 883 (0.78) | |
| Chinese | 18 452 (0.38) | |
| Indian | 103 564 (1.6) | |
| Mixed | 24 637 (0.34) | |
| Other | 65 241 (1.0) | |
| Pakistani | 39 723 (0.6) | |
| White British | 6 095 276 (91.6) | |
| White other | 222 839 (3.4) | |
| Religion | Buddhist | 16 403 (0.3) |
| Christian | 5 221 392 (78.5) | |
| Hindu | 61 634 (0.9) | |
| Jewish | 39 800 (0.6) | |
| Muslim | 86 841 (1.3) | |
| No religion | 725 695 (10.9) | |
| Other religion | 22 327 (0.3) | |
| Religion not stated | 449 781 (6.8) | |
| Sikh | 31 799 (0.5) | |
| IMD quintile | 1 (most deprived) | 913 809 (13.7) |
| 2 | 1 140 651 (17.1) | |
| 3 | 1 407 155 (21.1) | |
| 4 | 1 560 023 (23.4) | |
| 5 (least deprived) | 1 634 034 (24.6) | |
| Household tenure | Owned | 5 488 126 (82.5) |
| Private rented | 273 707 (4.1) | |
| Social rented | 778 867 (11.7) | |
| Other (eg, live rent free) |
114 972 (1.7) | |
| Rural–urban | Rural | 6 005 144 (82.4) |
| Urban | 304 412 (4.2) | |
| Household composition | 2 elderly | 847 508 (11.6) |
| 1 elderly | 128 083 (1.8) | |
| Care home |
436 211 (6.0.) | |
| Missing household |
9035 (0.1) | |
| Multigenerational | 620 167 (8.5) | |
| Other (3+ adults) |
714 211 (9.8) |
Adults aged 70 years or over, living in England, alive on 15 March 2021.
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.