Cohort characteristics
| Total n | n (%) | |
| Gender (% female) | 401 | 253 (63.1) |
| Age (years) | 400 | Mean: 61.6* |
| 18–25 | 24 (6.0) | |
| 26–35 | 45 (11.3) | |
| 36–45 | 18 (4.5) | |
| 46–55 | 20 (5.0) | |
| 56–65 | 49 (12.3) | |
| 66–75 | 159 (39.8) | |
| 76+ | 85 (21.3) | |
| Ethnicity | 397 | |
| White | 348 (87.7) | |
| Asian or Asian British | 33 (8.3) | |
| Black or Black British | 7 (1.8) | |
| Mixed | 5 (1.3) | |
| Other | 4 (1.0) | |
| Employment | 402 | |
| Full-time employment | 89 (22.1) | |
| Part-time employment | 35 (8.7) | |
| In education | 23 (5.7) | |
| Retired | 243 (60.4) | |
| Home maker | 7 (1.7) | |
| Not working due to illness/disability | 3 (0.7) | |
| Unemployed | 2 (0.5) | |
| IMD decile | 371 | |
| 1 (Most deprived) | 23 (6.2) | |
| 2 | 15 (4.0) | |
| 3 | 37 (10.0) | |
| 4 | 47 (12.7) | |
| 5 | 66 (17.8) | |
| 6 | 38 (10.2) | |
| 7 | 40 (10.8) | |
| 8 | 36 (9.7) | |
| 9 | 38 (10.2) | |
| 10 (Least deprived) | 31 (8.4) | |
| Do you know or have known someone with the following conditions? | ||
| Eye disease | 402 | 264 (65.7) |
| Bowel cancer | 402 | 207 (51.5) |
| Angina | 402 | 233 (58.0) |
| COVID-19 | 402 | 232 (57.7) |
Total n represents the number of participants who answered the stated question.
*The mean age was estimated by assigning each participant to the midpoint of the age range that they had specified.
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.