Table 1

Characteristics of patients with stroke across socioeconomic deprivation groups in SLSR of 1995–2010

Variable	Socioeconomic deprivation (Carstairs score—quintile)				p Value
	Deprived (2nd–5th Q) N=3361		Least deprived (1st Q) N=841
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Age (years), median, IQR	72.6 (61.5–81.1)		72.3 (61.9–81.3)		0.602
Male sex, n (%)	1707	50.8	410	48.9	0.539
Ethnicity, n (%)*
White	2417	71.9	581	69.1	0.019
Black	655	19.5	202	24.0
Other	201	6.0	41	4.9
Unknown	88	2.6	17	2.0
Year of stroke, n (%)
1995–1997	755	22.5	209	24.9	0.018
1998–2000	678	20.2	172	20.5
2001–2003	660	19.6	155	18.4
2004–2006	574	17.1	168	20.0
2007–2010	694	20.7	137	16.3
Living conditions before stroke, n (%)
Alone in private accommodation	1054	31.4	225	26.8	0.055
With others in private accommodation	1568	46.7	420	49.9
Nursing home or other	671	20.0	182	21.6
Unknown	68	2.0	14	1.7
BI prior to stroke, n (%)
20, independent	2490	74.1	622	74.0	0.695
15–19, mild disability	477	14.2	117	13.9
0–14, moderate-severe disability	224	6.7	55	6.5
Unknown	170	5.1	47	5.6
Stroke subtype, n (%)
Infarction	2471	73.5	631	75.0	0.575
Primary intracerebral haemorrhage	434	12.9	106	12.6
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)	170	5.1	42	5.0
Unclassified	149	4.4	38	4.5
Unknown	137	4.1	24	2.9
Glasgow coma scale score, n (%)
≥13	2303	68.5	589	70.0	0.129
<13 (impaired consciousness)	932	27.7	211	25.1
Unknown	126	3.8	41	4.9
Incontinence, n (%)
No	1731	51.5	422	50.2	0.553
Yes	1407	41.9	355	42.2
Unknown	223	6.6	64	7.6
Speech deficit, n (%)
Yes	1743	51.9	461	54.9	0.136
None	1308	30.9	230	27.4
Unknown	580	17.3	149	17.7
Swallow impairment, n (%)
Yes	1197	35.6	304	36.2	0.405
None	1752	52.1	448	53.3
Unknown	412	12.3	89	10.6
Motor deficit, n (%)
Present	2634	78.4	664	79.0	0.778
None	568	16.9	142	16.9
Unknown	159	4.7	35	4.2

*Patients’ ethnicity was recorded by self definition of ethnic origin (2001 UK census question) stratified into white, black (black Caribbean, black African and black other) and other ethnic groups.
BI, Barthel index; SLSR, South London Stroke Register.