Action for M.E. and the Association of Young

People with M.E.

Survey 2008

Geographical Spread of Responses(2763 responses in total)

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey map

data by permission of the Ordnance Survey ©

Crown copyright 2001.

Part 1About You

Part 1: About YouQuestion 1. What is your gender?

Male (490)Female (2216)

Part 1: About YouQuestion 2. What is your ethnic origin?

White British (2619)Asian British (13)Black British (6)Bangladeshi (0)Black African (0)Caribbean (4)Chinese (2)Indian (2)Pakistani (1)Other (53)

Part 1: About YouQuestion 3. What was your age at the onset

of illness?

0-11 yrs (161)12-17 yrs (396)18-25 yrs (379)26-40 yrs (918)41-65 yrs (807)Over 66 yrs (22)

Part 1: About YouQuestion 4. What is your age now?

0-11 yrs (22)12-17 yrs (163)18-25 yrs (291)26-40 yrs (535)41-65 yrs (1406)Over 66 yrs (185)

Responses by Country

England (2100)Northern Ireland (24)Scotland (132)Wales (87)Unmatched (420)

Responses by Country

England (2100)Northern Ireland (24)Scotland (132)Wales (87)

Survey responses (left) compared with UK population

England (2100)Northern Ireland (24)Scotland (132)Wales (87)

England (50762900)Northern Ireland (1741600)Scotland (5116900)Wales (2965900)

Responses from England : NHS Regions

East Midlands (197)East of England (317)Guernsey (And Sark) (2)Isle of Man (1)Jersey (6)London Strategic (192)North East (50)North West (211)South Central (185)South East Coast (225)South West (407)West Midland (163)Yorkshire and the Humber (144)

Responses from Northern Ireland : NHS Regions

Eastern (8)Northern (11)Southern (2)Western (3)

Responses from Scotland : NHS Regions

Ayrshire & Arran (5)Borders (1)Dumfries & Galloway (8)Fife (10)Forth Valley (11)Grampian (18)Greater Glasgow & Clyde (18)Highland (12)Lothian (22)Lanarkshire (8)Orkney (0)Shetland (0)Tayside (14)Western Isles (5)

Responses from Wales : NHS Regions

Anglesey (5)Blaenau Gwent (0)Bridgend (2)Caerphilly (1)Cardiff (9)Carmarthen (5)Ceredigion (6)Conwy (7)Denbighshire (3)Flintshire (4)Gwynedd (7)Merthyr Tydfil (0)Monmouthshire (5)Neath Port Talbot (5)Newport (5)Penbrokeshire (1)Powys (7)Rhondda (2)Swansea (6)Torfaen (1)Vale of Glamorgan (5)Wrexham (1)

Comments and Queries

You can send any comments, queries or questions about this survey to :-

E-mail : survey2008@afme.org.uk

Action for M.E. Website : www.afme.org.ukAYME Website : www.ayme.org.uk

Thank You !!

Thank you for watching this presentation.

Thanks also go to the many people who participated in this survey.