Table 2

Characteristics of people aged 40–74 years eligible for a National Health Service (NHS) Health Check between April 2009 and March 2013 and those who attended

	Total eligible people	NHS Health Check attendees	Percentage of total eligible population with NHS Health Check
Total	1 679 024	214 295	12.8
Female	846 797	111 740	13.2
Male	832 227	102 555	12.3
Age band (years)
40–49	806 199	72 903	9.0
50–59	499 725	68 428	13.7
60–74	373 100	72 964	19.6
Townsend quintile of deprivation
1 (most affluent)	336 174	41 423	12.3
2	334 996	40 342	12.0
3	335 706	40 897	12.2
4	335 302	41 557	12.4
5 (most deprived)	334 652	49 974	14.9
Townsend not recorded	2194	102	4.7
Ethnicity
White	1 065 171	185 082	17.4
Indian	16 842	2987	17.7
Pakistani	8472	1362	16.1
Bangladeshi	4925	1460	29.6
Other Asian	13 471	1966	14.6
Caribbean	12 908	2531	19.6
Black African	19 899	3128	15.7
Chinese	6913	1059	15.3
Other	26 045	4059	15.6
Not recorded	504 378	10 661	2.1