Characteristics of patients represented on the South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLaM BRC) Case Register records (census date: 31 December 2014)
| Active patients (%) | Inactive patients* (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N=31 961 | N=191 263 |
| Current age (years) | ||
| <20 | 6265 (19.6) | 23 740 (12.4) |
| 20–39 | 9464 (29.6) | 65 493 (34.2) |
| 40–59 | 10 101 (31.6) | 59 336 (31.0) |
| 60–79 | 4017 (12.6) | 23 924 (12.5) |
| ≥80 | 2114 (6.6) | 18 770 (9.8) |
| Year of birth | ||
| On or after 1994 | 6785 (21.2) | 27 214 (14.2) |
| 1993–1973 | 10 032 (31.4) | 68 722 (35.9) |
| 1973–1954 | 9337 (29.2) | 53 317 (27.9) |
| 1953–1934 | 3913 (12.2) | 22 065 (11.5) |
| On or after 1933 | 1894 (5.9) | 19 945 (10.4) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 16 780 (52.5) | 93 902 (49.1) |
| Female | 15 160 (47.5) | 97 327 (50.9) |
| Self-assigned ethnicity (full breakdown)† | ||
| British | 14 833 (50.5) | 83 425 (55.6) |
| Irish | 614 (2.1) | 3819 (2.5) |
| Any other white background | 2196 (7.5) | 13 072 (8.7) |
| Mixed: white and black | 770 (2.6) | 2899 (1.9) |
| Mixed: white and Asian | 104 (0.4) | 421 (0.3) |
| Mixed: any other mixed background | 277 (0.9) | 961 (0.6) |
| Indian | 413 (1.4) | 2072 (1.4) |
| Pakistani | 211 (0.7) | 958 (0.6) |
| Bangladeshi | 115 (0.4) | 631 (0.4) |
| Any other Asian background | 596 (2.0) | 3105 (2.1) |
| Caribbean | 2192 (7.5) | 7654 (5.1) |
| African | 2156 (7.3) | 9178 (6.1) |
| Any other black background | 2923 (10) | 10 628 (7.1) |
| Chinese | 107 (0.4) | 593 (0.4) |
| Any other ethnic group | 1865 (6.3) | 10 715 (7.1) |
| Ethnicity not known or not stated | 2589 (8.8) | 41 132 (21.5) |
| Self-assigned ethnicity (amalgamated)† | ||
| British, Irish or any other white ethnic groups | 17 643 (60.1) | 100 316 (52.4) |
| Mixed | 1151 (3.9) | 4281 (2.2) |
| Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or ‘other Asian’ | 1335 (4.5) | 6766 (3.5) |
| Caribbean, African or any ‘other black’ | 7271 (24.8) | 27 460 (14.4) |
| Other | 1972 (6.7) | 11 308 (5.9) |
| Area of most recently recorded residence‡ | ||
| Croydon | 6127 (19.5) | 36 996 (20.4) |
| Lambeth | 7043 (22.4) | 33 471 (18.5) |
| Lewisham | 5610 (17.8) | 35 206 (19.4) |
| Southwark | 6120 (19.4) | 32 961 (18.2) |
| Other London boroughs | 3179 (10.1) | 27 012 (14.9) |
| Outside London | 3395 (10.8) | 15 649 (8.6) |
| Unknown | 487 (1.5) | 9968 (5.2) |
| Most recent employment status | ||
| Paid employment | 439 (6) | 5118 (13.4) |
| Part-time employment | 114 (1.6) | 581 (1.5) |
| Self-employed | 31 (0.4) | 408 (1.1) |
| Volunteer | 67 (0.9) | 95 (0.2) |
| Government training scheme | <10 (0.1) | 24 (0.1) |
| Full-time student | 204 (2.8) | 1623 (4.2) |
| Full-time student—school age | 930 (12.7) | 7725 (20.2) |
| Retired | 504 (6.9) | 6790 (17.8) |
| Registered disabled | 71 (1.0) | 352 (0.9) |
| Unemployed | 4827 (66.1) | 14 949 (39.1) |
| Other | 115 (1.6) | 534 (1.4) |
| Employment status not known | 24 654 (77.1) | 153 064 (80.0) |
| Most recent marital status | ||
| Married | 1329 (4.7) | 13 701 (10.4) |
| Married/civil partner | 3111 (11) | 11 027 (8.3) |
| Cohabiting | 556 (2.0) | 2532 (1.9) |
| Divorced | 622 (2.2) | 3920 (3.0) |
| Divorced/civil partnership dissolved | 633 (2.2) | 2293 (1.7) |
| Separated | 853 (3.0) | 5303 (4.0) |
| Widowed | 320 (1.1) | 5985 (4.5) |
| Widowed/surviving civil partner | 1046 (3.7) | 4280 (3.2) |
| Single | 19 763 (70) | 83 319 (62.9) |
| Marital status not known or not disclosed | 3728 (11.7) | 58 903 (30.8) |
*Inactive: those not currently receiving treatment and who have been discharged from all services.
†Excluding those not stated or none: active=2589/31961, inactive=41 132.
‡As at 31 December 2014.