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Table 1 Representatives of Greater Manchester population in Greater Manchester Clinical Research Network-led, single-site studies in 2016–2021

From: Representativeness in health research studies: an audit of Greater Manchester Clinical Research Network studies between 2016 and 2021

Characteristic

Greater Manchester

2021

Greater Manchester Clinical Research Network

2016–2021

Subset with unbiased estimatea

Size, N

2,848,300

21,797

21,797

Age (based on N, sample %)

  

17,412 (79.9)

 

16,909(77.6)

Mean

38.4

58.8

 

58.4

 

Categories

  < 18 years

22.8

    

 18–65 years

61.3

    

  ≥ 65 years

15.9

    

Sex (N, sample %)

  

19,322 (88.6)

 

12,651(58.0)

 Women, %

50.7

66.3

 

49.3

 

Ethnicity (N, sample %)

  

10,259 (47.1)

 

10,106(46.4)

 White, %

83.8

93.3

 

93.7

 

BAME, %

16.2

6.7

 

6.3

 

 Asian, %

10.1

    

 Black, %

2.8

    

 Mixed, %

2.3

    

 Other, %

1.0

    

Smoking (N, sample %)

  

10,226 (46.9)

NA

 

Currently smoking, %

15.0

33.6

   

Quintile of deprivation (N, sample %)

  

19,352 (90.1)

NA

 

 Most deprived 1

40.3

17.7

 

 2

21.5

45.8

 3

13.4

33.3

 4

13.6

0.0

 Least Deprived 5

11.3

3.1

  1. Greater Manchester population estimates are from the Office for National Statistics mid-2020 report, except ethnicity which is based on the census 2011 report. Unbiased estimates exclude studies that selected on that characteristic. aNo studies sampled on smoking status