Table 2

Key characteristics of the cohort

Category	Number	Per cent
Age
2–17	3604	0.29
18–64	209 045	17.08
65–74	218 987	17.89
75–84	399 909	32.68
85+	392 314	32.06
Gender
Male	597 931	48.86
Female	625 928	51.14
Ethnicity
Asian other/mixed	4089	0.33
Black African	3458	0.28
Black Caribbean	7471	0.61
Bangladeshi	1554	0.13
Black other/mixed	3088	0.25
Indian	10 358	0.85
Other ethnic group/mixed	10 197	0.83
Pakistani	5389	0.44
White	1 087 576	88.86
Unknown	90 679	7.41