Demographic characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation, 2000–2016
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Population (n) | 21 730 | 30 030 | 39 378 | 45 982 | 51 682 | 59 264 | 62 962 | 66 151 | 71 605 | 73 865 | 75 490 | 77 976 | 80 674 | 78 072 | 75 020 | 64 080 | 57 161 |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 74.5 (10.9) | 74.8 (11.0) | 74.8 (11.0) | 74.8 (11.0) | 75.0 (11.1) | 75.1 (11.1) | 75.3 (11.1) | 75.6 (11.0) | 75.6 (11.0) | 75.7 (11.0) | 75.8 (11.0) | 75.9 (11.0) | 75.8 (11.00 | 75.7 (11.1) | 75.7 (11.1) | 75.6 (11.1) | 75.5 (11.1) |
| Sex (% male) | 51.8 | 52.1 | 52.4 | 52.6 | 52.7 | 53.1 | 53.4 | 53.6 | 54.0 | 54.5 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 55.7 | 56.2 | 56.5 | 57.1 | 57.5 |
| Ethnicity*(%) | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 98.1 | 98.2 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 98.2 | 98.2 | 98.1 | 98.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 | 97.9 | 97.7 | 97.6 | 97.4 | 97.7 | 98.0 | 97.8 |
| Asian | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Black | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Mixed | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Other | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Townsend Score (%) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 22.5 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 22.1 | 21.5 |
| 2 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.4 |
| 3 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 19.8 |
| 4 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
| 5 (most deprived) | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| Missing | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 10.0 |
| CHA2DS2-VASc risk score (%) | |||||||||||||||||
| Low (0 in males, 1 in females) | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Moderate (1 in males) | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| High (≥2) | 86.9 | 87.5 | 87.7 | 88.0 | 88.5 | 88.6 | 89.1 | 89.8 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 90.4 | 90.5 | 90.6 | 90.6 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.3 |
*Where recorded, note that ethnicity was missing in 61.3% of the patient records (decreasing from 82.8% in 2000 to 58.9% in 2016).