Table 2

Distribution by age group and gender for all responses, before and after social prescribing intervention (n is number in subgroup, % is percentage of group, mean loneliness is mean score for that subgroup)

Group	Total			Before		After
Group	n	%	Mean loneliness	n	%	n	%
<40	2	0.3	41.7	2	0.5	0	0.0
40–49	9	1.2	30.6	6	1.5	3	0.9
50–59	22	3.0	56.8	11	2.7	11	3.5
60–69	39	5.3	54.5	23	5.6	16	5.0
70–79	201	27.6	61.4	114	27.7	87	27.4
80–89	318	43.6	65.3	171	41.5	147	46.4
90–99	137	18.8	65.3	84	20.4	53	16.7
Total	728	100.0	62.9	412	100.0	316	100.0
Female	448	62.0	61.3	259	63.5	189	60.0
Male	275	38.0	65.3	149	36.5	126	40.0
Total	723	100.0	62.9	408	100.0	315	100.0