Table 1

Characteristics of respondents

CharacteristicsT2DMT1DMOther health conditionsNo health conditionsTotal
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Gender
 Male1624 (52.6)530 (41.4)92 (35.5)54 (46.2)2287 (48.2)
 Female1446 (46.9)746 (58.3)165 (63.7)62 (53.0)2435 (51.3)
 Prefer not to say15 (0.5)3 (0.2)2 (0.8)1 (0.9)21 (0.4)
Age
 18–240 (0)23 (1.8)0 (0)0 (0)23 (0.5)
 25–3412 (0.4)83 (6.5)4 (1.5)4 (4.4)104 (2.2)
 35–4491 (2.9)181 (14.1)12 (4.6)11 (12.2)298 (6.3)
 45–54446 (14.4)323 (25.2)46 (17.6)17 (18.8)839 (17.6)
 55–641020 (33.0)404 (31.5)80 (30.7)34 (37.8)1550 (32.6)
 65–741193 (38.6)227 (17.7)91 (34.9)19 (21.1)1533 (32.2)
 75 or older331 (10.7)42 (3.3)28 (10.7)5 (5.6)410 (8.6)
Ethnicity
 Indian/Pakistani45 (1.5)12 (0.9)4 (1.5)5 (5.6)69 (1.5)
 Black/British African/Caribbean31 (1.0)6 (0.5)6 (2.3)2 (2.2)46 (1)
 Middle Eastern2 (0.1)2 (0.2)1 (0.4)0 (0)5 (0.1)
 Mixed groups17 (0.6)6 (0.5)3 (1.2)1 (1.1)27 (0.6)
 White2890 (93.6)1212 (94.8)236 (90.8)75 (83.3)4434 (93.4)
 Other24 (0.8)12 (0.9)4 (1.5)1 (1.1)44 (0.9)
 Chinese/Japanese/East Asian4 (0.1)2 (0.2)0 (0)1 (1.1)7 (0.1)
 I’d prefer not to say73 (2.4)27 (2.1)6 (2.3)5 (5.6)113 (2.4)
Employment
 Full time655 (20.9)457 (35.0)58 (21.9)28 (30.8)1205 (25.6)
 Part-time314 (10.0)201 (15.4)32 (12.1)22 (24.2)571 (12.1)
 Retired1728 (55.1)387 (29.6)136 (51.3)31 (34.1)2298 (48.7)
 Student12 (0.4)22 (1.7)4 (1.5)0 (0)39 (0.8)
 Unemployed271 (8.6)158 (12.1)26 (9.8)5 (5.5)464 (9.8)
 Furloughed109 (3.5)67 (5.1)6 (2.3)4 (4.4)188 (4)
 Volunteering in my community (National Health Service (NHS), key services)45 (1.4)14 (1.1)3 (1.1)1 (1.1)69 (1.5)
Number of comorbidities among respondents
 0414 (13.4)355 (27.6)101 (38.7)91 (100)961 (20.2)
 1538 (17.4)274 (21.3)62 (23.8)0 (0)881 (18.5)
 2603 (19.5)224 (17.4)39 (14.9)0 (0)870 (18.3)
 3469 (15.1)145 (11.3)21 (8.0)0 (0)638 (13.4)
 4328 (10.6)100 (7.8)17 (6.5)0 (0)446 (9.4)
 5267 (8.6)73 (5.7)11 (4.2)0 (0)355 (7.5)
 6+479 (15.5)113 (8.8)10 (3.8)0 (0)613 (12.9)
  • T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.