Table 1

Baseline characteristics of both the child and female adult cohort

Child cohort (under 18 years)Female adult cohort (over 18 years)Male adult cohort (over 18 years)
Total cohortIncident childhood maltreatment casesTotal cohortIncident domestic abuse casesTotal cohortIncident domestic abuse cases
No of patients3 045 4564603No of patients4 982 7815598No of patients4 605 963325
SexSexSex
 Male1 570 986 (51.6%)2041 (44.3%)Male4 605 963 (100%)325 (100%)
 Female1 474 470 (48.4%)2562 (55.7%)Female4 982 781 (100%)5598 (100%)
Age at cohort entryAge at cohort entryAge at cohort entry
 0–1 years1 030 637 (33.8%)1757 (38.2%)18–24 years1 211 022 (24.3%)1897 (33.9%)18–24 years1 042 526 (22.6%)69 (21.2%)
 1–4 years607 294 (19.9%)1184 (25.7%)25–34 years1 138 926 (22.9%)1939 (34.6%)25–34 years1 042 973 (22.6%)76 (23.4%)
 5–9 years580 306 (19.1%)886 (19.3%)35–44 years777 795 (15.6%)1136 (20.3%)35–44 years852 692 (18.5%)96 (29.5%)
 10–15 years611 693 (20.1%)672 (14.6%)45–54 years596 443 (12.0%)411 (7.3%)45–54 years632 223 (13.7%)43 (13.2%)
 16–17 years215 526 (7.1%)104 (2.3%)55–64 years470 107 (9.4%)145 (2.6%)55–64 years468 772 (10.2%)23 (7.1%)
65+years788 488 (15.8%)70 (1.3%)65+ years566 767 (12.3%)18 (5.5%)
EthnicityEthnicityEthnicity
 White1 089 894 (35.8%)1854 (40.3%)White2 017 299 (40.5%)2905 (51.9%)White1 733 115 (37.6%)162 (49.9%)
 Mixed race31 067 (1.0%)26 (0.6%)Mixed race69 270 (1.4%)99 (1.8%)Mixed race52 952 (1.2%)3 (0.9%)
 Black63 244 (2.1%)135 (2.9%)Black80 974 (1.6%)212 (3.8%)Black67 232 (1.5%)9 (2.8%)
 South Asian80 486 (2.6%)145 (3.2%)South Asian109 117 (2.2%)374 (6.7%)South Asian115 324 (2.5%)21 (6.5%)
 Others37 318 (1.2%)82 (1.8%)Others27 071 (0.5%)87 (1.6%)Others21 291 (0.5%)4 (1.2%)
 Missing1 743 447 (57.3%)2361 (51.3%)Missing2 679 050 (53.8%)1921 (32.3%)Missing2 616 039 (56.8%)126 (38.8%)
Townsend Deprivation IndexTownsend Deprivation IndexTownsend Deprivation Index
 1 (least deprived)536 645 (17.6%)378 (8.2%)1 (least deprived)9 107 759 (18.3%)614 (11.0%)1 (least deprived)856 406 (18.6%)55 (16.9%)
 2482 613 (15.9%)418 (9.1%)2848 614 (17.0%)664 (11.9%)2785 170 (17.1%)42 (12.9%)
 3538 247 (17.7%)729 (15.8%)3904 034 (18.1%)959 (17.1%)3832 270 (18.1%)65 (20.0%)
 4524 151 (17.2%)1080 (23.5%)4849 248 (17.0%)1225 (21.9%)4582 622 (12.7%)66 (20.3%)
 5 (most deprived)410 246 (13.5%)1279 (27.8%)5 (most deprived)612 744 (12.3%)1322 (23.6%)5 (most deprived)582 622 (12.7%)55 (16.9%)
 Missing553 554 (18.2%)719 (15.6%)Missing857 382 (17.2%)814 (14.5%)Missing774 144 (16.8%)42 (12.9%)