Skip to main content

Table 6 Total population aged 18+ of English regions in mid-2015 and proportional representation of each region in the overall survey sample

From: Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based survey

English region

Regional population aged 18 + a

% total population aged 18+

Survey sample

% total sample (n = 2100)

North East

2,100,204

4.9

115

5.5

North West

5,652,470

13.1

320

15.2

Yorkshire and The Humber

4,244,933

9.8

207

9.9

East Midlands

3,705,500

8.6

182

8.7

West Midlands

4,489,117

10.4

218

10.4

East

4,776,467

11.1

186

8.9

London

6,720,843

15.6

285

13.6

South East

7,029,838

16.3

378

18.0

South West

4,389,099

10.2

209

10.0

Total

43,108,471

100.0

2100

100.0

  1. a Office for National Statistics (2016) Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland