Table 1

Demographics of public and patient respondents (figures presented as percentage unless otherwise stated)

No of questionnaires returned	Public opinion		Patient opinion
	New Street railway station	Birmingham Public Markets	NHS dental patients	Private dental patients	Pharmacy patients
	n=909	n=462	n=515	n=500	n=533
Gender
Male	52	40	38	38	37
Age in years
18–29	24	22	22	8	15
30–39	15	16	25	12	17
40–49	15	16	20	20	23
50–59	17	15	17	23	19
60–69	15	17	11	25	14
>70	15	15	5	12	12
Ethnicity
White/Caucasian	78	34	73	97	83
Asian	6	23	22	1	8
Afro-Caribbean	6	35	3	1	4
Mixed	5	4	2	0	5
Other	4	4	0	1	0
Occupation
Unemployed	9	31	18	3	14
Manual Worker	7	16	15	10	16
Non-manual worker	16	12	13	12	12
Executive/managerial	12	3	10	17	8
Professional	31	11	30	23	24
Retired	25	27	14	34	25