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Table 3 Proportion of patients alive and registered on the date of the 2011 census at practices actively contributing data to The Health Improvement Network for whom partial (at least one element) or complete (all elements) soil measurements were obtained through linkage to the Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE)

From: Linkage of national soil quality measurements to primary care medical records in England and Wales: a new resource for investigating environmental impacts on human health

Strategic Health Authority

Total patients at active practices

Patients at linkage practices (% of total)

Patients with partial G-BASE data (% of patients at linkage practices)

Patients with complete G-BASE data (% of patients at linkage practices)

East Midlands

102,970

96,498 (93.7%)

96,448 (99.9%)

96,448 (99.9%)

East of England

262,070

219,216 (83.6%)

219,038 (99.9%)

219,038 (99.9%)

London

443,050

436,073 (98.4%)

388,973 (89.2%)

388,970 (89.2%)

North East

105,225

99,672 (94.7%)

87,656 (87.9%)

87,656 (87.9%)

North West

375,752

361,339 (96.2%)

335,503 (92.8%)

333,132 (92.2%)

South Central

469,322

469,322 (100.0%)

467,804 (99.7%)

466,069 (99.3%)

South East Coast

388,040

369,537 (95.2%)

362,703 (98.2%)

362,676 (98.1%)

South West

357,656

353,201 (98.8%)

337,712 (95.6%)

337,711 (95.6%)

Wales

267,513

242,972 (90.8%)

240,679 (99.1%)

225,442 (92.8%)

West Midlands

333,920

333,920 (100.0%)

316,876 (94.9%)

303,968 (91.0%)

Yorkshire & Humber

81,111

63,283 (78.0%)

63,260 (100.0%)

61,119 (96.6%)

Total

3,186,629

3,045,033 (95.6%)

2,916,652 (95.8%)

2,882,229 (94.7%)