Table 2.

Summary measures of demographic characteristics of the most deprived 20% areas in England and the rest of the country.

		Mean	Min.	Max.	CV	Skewness
Population density	Most deprived	2388.8	80.0	14758.0	0.95	3.06
	Rest	1665.6	25.0	16427.0	1.65	2.96
Median age (years)	Most deprived	39.5	29.7	52.4	0.12	0.27
	Rest	42.9	28.9	54.3	0.12	−0.34
0 to 16	Most deprived	20.9	16.2	28.6	0.11	0.65
	Rest	19.7	14.5	27.9	0.11	0.44
17 to 24	Most deprived	9.9	6.5	21.3	0.3	1.91
	Rest	8.5	6.3	22.8	0.3	2.94
25 to 44	Most deprived	26.2	17.8	42.2	0.14	1.29
	Rest	24.7	17.3	43.1	0.18	1.5
45 to 64	Most deprived	25.1	18.4	29.2	0.1	−0.79
	Rest	26.8	17.2	31.4	0.09	−1.19
65 to 84	Most deprived	15.6	7.0	26.9	0.24	0.36
	Rest	17.6	5.8	28.6	0.24	−0.23
85 and over	Most deprived	2.3	1.0	4.0	0.26	0.7
	Rest	2.8	0.8	4.9	0.26	0.1
White	Most deprived	89.0	59.0	99.0	0.12	−1.38
	Rest	92.0	38.0	99.0	0.12	−2.55
White Irish	Most deprived	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.78	2.15
	Rest	1.0	0.0	6.0	0.78	2.15
Mixed ethnicity	Most deprived	1.0	0.0	6.0	0.86	2.05
	Rest	1.0	0.0	5.0	0.84	2.21
Asian	Most deprived	6.0	0.0	30.0	1.03	1.64
	Rest	4.0	0.0	37.0	1.5	3.23
Black, African and Caribbean	Most deprived	3.0	0.0	23.0	1.72	2.69
	Rest	2.0	0.0	26.0	1.94	3.54
Other	Most deprived	1.0	0.0	5.0	1.21	2.49
	Rest	1.0	0.0	10.0	1.76	4.46

CV: coefficient of variation, estimated as the mean divided by the standard deviation.