Sociodemographic characteristics of NHSHC invitees April 2012–March 2017 compared with ONS estimated English population aged 40–74 at mid-2015
| Sociodemographic characteristic | ONS mid-2015 England resident population (aged 40–74 years) n (%) | NHSHC invitees n (%) | Attendees n (%) | Non-attendees n (%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 11 200 690 (49.1) | 4 724 015 (48.7) | 2 311 604 (45.3) | 2 412 411 (52.5) |
| Female | 11 604 922 (50.9) | 4 970 906 (51.3) | 2 791 130 (54.7) | 2 179 776 (47.5) |
| Unknown | – | 58 (0.0) | 24 (0.0) | 34 (0.0) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 40–44 | 3 636 454 (15.9) | 2 208 213 (22.8) | 984 908 (19.3) | 1 223 305 (26.6) |
| 45–49 | 3 889 360 (17.1) | 1 986 966 (20.5) | 966 356 (18.9) | 1 020 610 (22.2) |
| 50–54 | 3 811 000 (16.7) | 1 833 267 (18.9) | 958 263 (18.8) | 875 004 (19.1) |
| 55–59 | 3 278 322 (14.4) | 1 414 091 (14.6) | 783 740 (15.4) | 630 351 (13.7) |
| 60–64 | 2 904 721 (12.7) | 1 105 914 (11.4) | 669 503 (13.1) | 436 411 (9.5) |
| 65–69 | 3 017 135 (13.2) | 910 089 (9.4) | 585 653 (11.5) | 324 436 (7.1) |
| 70–74 | 2 268 620 (9.9) | 236 439 (2.4) | 154 335 (3.0) | 82 104 (1.8) |
| Ethnic group | ||||
| White | 20 383 677 (89.4) | 6 946 824 (71.7) | 4 067 864 (79.7) | 2 878 960 (62.7) |
| Indian | 524 313 (2.3) | 202 004 (2.1) | 136 598 (2.7) | 65 406 (1.4) |
| Pakistani | 291 546 (1.3) | 137 222 (1.4) | 89 970 (1.8) | 47 252 (1) |
| Bangladeshi | 101 926 (0.4) | 46 802 (0.5) | 34 863 (0.7) | 11 939 (0.3) |
| Black African | 314 107 (1.4) | 147 462 (1.5) | 94 539 (1.9) | 52 923 (1.2) |
| Black Caribbean | 271 649 (1.2) | 79 987 (0.8) | 53 621 (1.1) | 26 366 (0.6) |
| Chinese | 121 129 (0.5) | 44 730 (0.5) | 27 360 (0.5) | 17 370 (0.4) |
| Other Asian | 302 667 (1.3) | 125 853 (1.3) | 79 354 (1.6) | 46 499 (1) |
| Other group | 494 599 (2.2) | 239 024 (2.5) | 142 621 (2.8) | 96 403 (2.1) |
| Not stated | 104 136 (1.1) | 31 319 (0.6) | 72 817 (1.6) | |
| Missing | 1 620 935 (16.7) | 344 649 (6.8) | 1 276 286 (27.8) | |
| Deprivation index (IMD decile) | ||||
| Most deprived | 1 914 356 (8.4) | 853 547 (8.8) | 420 547 (8.2) | 433 000 (9.4) |
| 2 | 1 999 183 (8.8) | 896 809 (9.3) | 472 647 (9.3) | 424 162 (9.2) |
| 3 | 2 083 743 (9.1) | 904 131 (9.3) | 477 140 (9.4) | 426 991 (9.3) |
| 4 | 2 202 902 (9.7) | 921 244 (9.5) | 477 516 (9.4) | 443 728 (9.7) |
| 5 | 2 304 663 (10.1) | 974 023 (10) | 509 715 (10.0) | 464 308 (10.1) |
| 6 | 2 402 719 (10.5) | 991 135 (10.2) | 517 381 (10.1) | 473 754 (10.3) |
| 7 | 2 443 073 (10.7) | 1 044 505 (10.8) | 547 909 (10.7) | 496 596 (10.8) |
| 8 | 2 458 761 (10.8) | 1 034 751 (10.7) | 547 016 (10.7) | 487 735 (10.6) |
| 9 | 2 491 679 (10.9) | 1 045 098 (10.8) | 565 872 (11.1) | 479 226 (10.4) |
| Least deprived | 2 504 533 (11.0) | 1 022 539 (10.5) | 563 798 (11.0) | 458 741 (10.0) |
| Missing | 7197 (0.1) | 3217 (0.1) | 3980 (0.1) | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||
| Deaf | n/a | 321 (0.0) | 171 (0.0) | 150 (0.0) |
| Blind | n/a | 13 405 (0.1) | 7224 (0.1) | 6181 (0.1) |
| Severe mental illness | n/a | 111 878 (1.2) | 59 351 (1.2) | 52 527 (1.1) |
| Learning disability | n/a | 39 612 (0.4) | 21 535 (0.4) | 18 077 (0.4) |
| Dementia | n/a | 7521 (0.1) | 3060 (0.1) | 4461 (0.1) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | n/a | 74 281 (0.8) | 38 104 (0.7) | 36 177 (0.8) |
| Total | 22 805 612 | 9 694 979 | 5 102 758 | 4 592 221 |
IMD, index of multiple deprivation; NHSHC, National Health Service Health Check; ONS, Office for National Statistics.