Table 2

Demographics

VariableUK country
AllEnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandWales
Gender counts
 Male2 312 378 (47.97%)1 826 391 (47.89%)55 350 (47.69%)275 158 (48.59%)155 479 (47.87%)
 Female2 508 507 (52.03%)1 987 390 (52.11%)60 724 (52.31%)291 089 (51.41%)169 304 (52.13%)
Mean age at cohort entry (years)40.240.439.040.138.7
Townsend quintile counts
 1 (least deprived)1 121 219 (23.26%)966 693 (25.35%)25 402 (21.88%)68 734 (12.14%)60 390 (18.59%)
 2993 426 (20.61%)776 252 (20.35%)21 946 (18.91%)129 204 (22.82%)66 024 (20.33%)
 31 024 050 (21.24%)800 858 (21.00%)24 364 (20.99%)119 206 (21.05%)79 622 (24.52%)
 4980 006 (20.33%)756 345 (19.83%)18 535 (15.97%)125 519 (22.17%)79 607 (24.51%)
 5 (most deprived)702 184 (14.57%)513 633 (13.47%)25 827 (22.25%)123 584 (21.83%)39 140 (12.05%)
Total number of patients4 820 885