Age distributions for the Oxford Record Linkage Study 1 and Oxford Record Linkage Study 2 study populations of people admitted to hospital with diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis: number and percentage of people in each age group at time of admission
| Age-group distribution (years) | Oxford Record Linkage Study 1 | Oxford Record Linkage Study 2 | ||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | Tuberculosis | Diabetes mellitus | Tuberculosis | |||||
| No | Percentage | No | Percentage | No | Percentage | No | Percentage | |
| 0–4 | 454 | 2.4 | 174 | 2.5 | 147 | 1.9 | 24 | 2.4 |
| 5–9 | 707 | 3.7 | 106 | 1.5 | 311 | 3.9 | 11 | 1.1 |
| 10–14 | 1038 | 5.4 | 129 | 1.8 | 543 | 6.8 | 12 | 1.2 |
| 15–19 | 753 | 3.9 | 207 | 3.0 | 310 | 3.9 | 43 | 4.3 |
| 20–24 | 765 | 4.0 | 406 | 5.8 | 262 | 3.3 | 95 | 9.5 |
| 25–29 | 687 | 3.6 | 516 | 7.4 | 308 | 3.9 | 145 | 14.5 |
| 30–34 | 701 | 3.6 | 428 | 6.1 | 381 | 4.8 | 112 | 11.2 |
| 35–39 | 603 | 3.1 | 425 | 6.1 | 386 | 4.9 | 79 | 7.9 |
| 40–44 | 674 | 3.5 | 442 | 6.3 | 393 | 4.9 | 59 | 5.9 |
| 45–49 | 766 | 4.0 | 462 | 6.6 | 372 | 4.7 | 47 | 4.7 |
| 50–54 | 1084 | 5.6 | 482 | 6.9 | 482 | 6.0 | 45 | 4.5 |
| 55–59 | 1303 | 6.7 | 601 | 8.6 | 536 | 6.7 | 55 | 5.5 |
| 60–64 | 1618 | 8.4 | 597 | 8.5 | 680 | 8.6 | 45 | 4.5 |
| 65–69 | 1945 | 10.1 | 577 | 8.2 | 728 | 9.2 | 59 | 5.9 |
| 70–74 | 2132 | 11.1 | 529 | 7.6 | 701 | 8.8 | 58 | 5.8 |
| 75–79 | 1855 | 9.6 | 437 | 6.2 | 627 | 7.9 | 38 | 3.8 |
| 80+ | 2159 | 11.2 | 479 | 6.8 | 776 | 9.8 | 72 | 7.2 |
| Total | 19244 | 6997 | 7943 | 999 | ||||