Table 1.

Summary characteristics of 570 survey patients with a venous leg ulcer as their primary (most severe) wound

	Patients	% or mean (SD)
Sex (n=531)
Female	288	54.2
Male	243	45.8
Age (years)	562	73.52 (14.48)
Ethnicity (n=565)
White British	523	92.6
Black, Asian or minority ethnic group	42	7.4
Residency (n=566)
Owned/rented	503	88.9
Other	63	11.1
Mobility (n=563)
Walks freely	305	41.9
Walks with difficulty	236	54.2
Immobile	22	3.9
No of wounds	570	1.95 (1.87)
No of comorbidities	570	1.39 (1.13)
Received most wound care (n=569)
Non-clinical setting	257	45.2
Clinical setting	312	54.8

SD, Standard Deviation.