article_snippet: While high those figures do represent a slight reduction over the course of a decade, when the comparable figures were 56 per cent and 43 per cent respectively.
article_snippet: Of those a sample size of 9,866 were surveyed and underwent an examination.
article_snippet: In England that figure is 44 per cent, and Wales that figure is 63 per cent.
article_snippet: But while remaining high, the levels have fallen since 2003 when the comparable figures were 78 per cent, 55 per cent and 65 per cent, respectively.