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Table 4 Age, sex, and ethnicity data for respondents, USAIS patient population and the South of England

Group		ALL_EARS questionnaire respondents	USAIS Patient Population ^a	South of England ^b
Age	Under 30	0%	26%	34.5%
	30–50	9%	23%	26.2%
	51–80	73%	45%	34%
	Over 80	18%	5%	5.3%
Sex	Male	36%	40%
	Female	64%	60%
Ethnicity	White	90%	90%	89%
	Black	10%	5% (5% no data for)	1.9%
	Asian	-		5.4%
	Mixed	-		2.5%
	Other	-	-	1.2%

^a Data were extracted from a service evaluation of data from USAIS electronic patient records of all patients at USAIS who received a cochlear implant until 2020. (ERGO II: 76,664)
^b Data were extracted from 2020 ONS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) population estimates [36] and the UK census 2021 databases [37]

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