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Table 4 Awareness of NHS National Data Opt-Out scheme. Respondents were asked whether they were aware they could opt-out of their anonymised health data being used

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

 

Yes

No

Unsure

Age (years)

 13–17

10.3%

84.5%

5.2%

 18–24

29.4%

64.7%

5.9%

 25–34

44.2%

51.9%

3.9%

 35–44

32.4%

64.9%

2.7%

 45–54

46.2%

48.7%

5.1%

 55–64

22.0%

75.6%

2.4%

 65–74

35.0%

57.5%

7.5%

 75–84

56.3%

37.5%

6.3%

 85+

20.0%

80.0%

0.0%

Gender

 Male

24.2%

72.5%

3.3%

 Female

36.9%

57.5%

5.6%

Ethnicity

 White

33.6%

61.3%

5.1%

 Asian/ Asian British

26.7%

71.1%

2.2%

 Black/ African/Caribbean/ Black British

41.7%

50.0%

8.3%

 Mixed/ multiple ethnic groups

0.0%

100%

0.0%

 Other

22.2%

77.8%

0.0%

Participant group

 Patient

28.6%

67.1%

4.3%

 Patient carer

24.0%

68.0%

8.0%

 Visiting someone

33.3%

66.7%

0.0%

 NHS Staff

53.0%

43.4%

3.6%

 NHS Volunteer

71.4%

21.4%

7.1%

 Public member

16.7%

83.3%

0.0%