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Table 2. Number and percentage of applications and acceptances of candidates from each region

Men and Women

1999

  Applications Acceptances
Region of domicile No. % No. %

North 334 3 113 3
North West 810 7 267 9
Yorkshire and Humberside 652 6 176 6
East Midlands 622 6 174 6
West Midlands 660 6 195 6
East Anglia 437 4 129 4
Greater London 1,729 16 589 19
Other South East 2,396 21 740 24
South West 675 6 181 6
Wales 376 3 87 3
Scotland 249 2 59 2
Northern Ireland 219 2 65 2
Outside UK 1,988 18 309 10

Total 11,147   3,084  

Men

1999

  Applications Acceptances
Region of domicile No. % No. %

North 184 3 69 4
North West 415 7 131 8
Yorkshire and Humberside 368 6 107 6
East Midlands 344 6 100 6
West Midlands 374 6 109 7
East Anglia 214 4 56 3
Greater London 912 15 290 18
Other South East 1,250 21 374 23
South West 389 7 111 7
Wales 186 3 43 3
Scotland 148 2 40 2
Northern Ireland 108 2 37 2
Outside UK 1,086 18 183 11

Total 5,978   1,650  

Women

1999

  Applications Acceptances
Region of domicile No. % No. %

North 150 3 44 3
North West 395 8 136 9
Yorkshire and Humberside 284 5 69 5
East Midlands 278 5 74 5
West Midlands 286 6 86 6
East Anglia 223 4 73 5
Greater London 817 16 299 21
Other South East 1,146 22 366 26
South West 286 6 70 5
Wales 190 4 44 3
Scotland 101 2 19 1
Northern Ireland 111 2 28 2
Outside UK 902 17 126 9

Total 5,169   1,434  

The regions listed in Table 2 are defined in the UCCA Statistical Supplement to the Twentieth Report, 1981-82, p. 16.


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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 3 December 1999
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