Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of liver disease patients
| Demographic characteristics | Full cohort, n=111 098* | Primary care group, n=20 319* | Secondary care group, n=56 710* | Mortality group, n=3459* | Multisource group, n=30 610* |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 57 491 (51.7%) | 10 478 (51.6%) | 27 558 (48.6%) | 2019 (58.4%) | 17 436 (57.0%) |
| Female | 53 607 (48.3%) | 9841 (48.4%) | 29 152 (51.4%) | 1440 (41.6%) | 13 174 (43.0%) |
| Age | |||||
| 0–17 | 1445 (1.3%) | 342 (1.7%) | 814 (1.4%) | <10 (<0.3%) | <290 (<1.0%) |
| 18–29 | 5862 (5.3%) | 1447 (7.1%) | 3486 (6.1%) | <40 (<1.2%) | <900 (<0%) |
| 30–39 | 10 109 (9.1%) | 2520 (12.4%) | 5099 (9.0%) | 143 (4.1%) | 2347 (7.7%) |
| 40–49 | 15 370 (13.8%) | 3744 (18.4%) | 6316 (11.1%) | 421 (12.2%) | 4889 (16.0%) |
| 50–59 | 22 799 (20.5%) | 5356 (26.4%) | 9332 (16.5%) | 705 (20.4%) | 7406 (24.2%) |
| 60–69 | 23 264 (20.9%) | 4271 (21.0%) | 11 026 (19.4%) | 758 (21.9%) | 7209 (23.6%) |
| 70–79 | 19 189 (17.3%) | 2117 (10.4%) | 11 335 (20.0%) | 693 (20.0%) | 5044 (16.5%) |
| 80+ | 13 060 (11.8%) | 522 (2.6%) | 9302 (16.4%) | 702 (20.3%) | 2534 (8.3%) |
| Cohort entry year | |||||
| 2004–2007 | 17 099 (15.4%) | 1949 (9.6%) | 7345 (13.0%) | 617 (17.8%) | 7188 (23.5%) |
| 2008–2011 | 17 554 (15.8%) | 2513 (12.4%) | 8484 (15.0%) | 705 (20.4%) | 5852 (19.1%) |
| 2012–2015 | 20 658 (18.6%) | 3109 (15.3%) | 10 682 (18.8%) | 731 (21.1%) | 6136 (20.0%) |
| 2016–2019 | 30 448 (27.4%) | 6683 (32.9%) | 15 521 (27.4%) | 749 (21.7%) | 7495 (24.5%) |
| 2020–2022 | 25 339 (22.8%) | 6065 (29.8%) | 14 678 (25.9%) | 657 (19.0%) | 3939 (12.9%) |
| WIMD 2019 quintiles | |||||
| 1, most deprived | 27 178 (24.5%) | 4417 (21.7%) | 14 012 (24.7%) | 928 (26.8%) | 7821 (25.6%) |
| 2 | 24 391 (22.0%) | 4203 (20.7%) | 12 411 (21.9%) | 858 (24.8%) | 6919 (22.6%) |
| 3 | 21 066 (19.0%) | 3828 (18.8%) | 10 802 (19.0%) | 647 (18.7%) | 5789 (18.9%) |
| 4 | 19 619 (17.7%) | 3949 (19.4%) | 9855 (17.4%) | 545 (15.8%) | 5270 (17.2%) |
| 5, least deprived | 18 844 (17.0%) | 3922 (19.3%) | 9630 (17.0%) | 481 (13.9%) | 4811 (15.7%) |
*n (%).
WIMD, Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation.