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Table 2 Demographics of the 308 participants who completed the questionnaires. All category responses were self-defined by respondents

From: Perceptions of anonymised data use and awareness of the NHS data opt-out amongst patients, carers and healthcare staff

 

% (N)

Gender

 Male

39.3%

(121)

 Female

58.4%

(180)

 Prefer to self-define

0%

(0)

 Prefer not to say

2.3%

(7)

Age

 13–17 years

19.2%

(59)

 18–24 years

5.5%

(17)

 25–34 years

17.2%

(53)

 35–44 years

12.0%

(37)

 45–54 years

13,0%

(40)

 55–64 years

13.3%

(41)

 65–74 years

13.0%

(40)

 75–84 years

5.2%

(16)

 85 years or over

1.6%

(5)

Ethnicity

 White

70.8%

(218)

 Asian/ Asian British

14.6%

(45)

 Black/ African/Caribbean/ Black British

7.8%

(24)

 Mixed/ multiple ethnic groups

3.2%

(10)

 Other

2.9%

(9)

 Prefer not to say

0.6%

(2)

Participant group

 Patient

22.7%

(70)

 Carer

8.4%

(26)

 Visitor to hospital

4.9%

(15)

 NHS Staff

26.9%

(83)

 NHS Volunteer

4.5%

(14)

 Public member

28.9%

(89)

 Prefer not to say

3.6%

(11)