Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

N

3,201,230 (54.8%)

2,645,250 (45.2%)

5,846,480

Age (Median, IQR)

67 (54–81)

66 (54–77)

66 (54–79)

Ethnicity (n, %)

1,189,387 (37.2%)

1,010,644 (38.0%)

2,200,031 (37.7%)

 White

1,110,639 (93.4%)

944,531 (93.5%)

2,055,170 (93.4%)

 Black

24,536 (2.1%)

18,809 (1.9%)

43,345 (2.0%)

 South Asian

33,212 (2.8%)

30,760 (3.0%)

63,972 (2.9%)

 Mixed

6,446 (0.5%)

5001 (0.5%)

11,447 (0.5%)

 Other

14,554 (1.2%)

11,543 (1.1%)

26,097 (1.2%)

Socioeconomic deprivation by Index of Multiple Deprivation (n, %)

1,638,451 (51.2%)

1,359,107 (51.4%)

2,997,558 (51.3%)

 1 (Least deprived)

372,275 (22.7%)

304,134 (22.4%)

676,409 (22.6%)

 2

366,841 (22.4%)

299,736 (22.1%)

666,577 (22.2%)

 3

347,845 (21.2%)

285,278 (21.0%)

633,123 (21.1%)

 4

299,559 (18.3%)

248,905 (18.3%)

548,464 (18.3%)

 5 (Most deprived)

251,931 (15.4%)

221,054 (16.3%)

472,985 (15.8%)