Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Contents

Volume 1: Findings

 

Foreword

Editors' acknowledgements

Notes

 

1 Introduction

1.1 The Health Survey for England

1.2 The 1999 Health Survey for England

1.3 Ethical clearance

1.4 This report

1.5 The survey design

1.6 Data analysis

1.7 The content of this report

 

2 Self-reported health and psychosocial well-being Lisa Calderwood and Clare Tait

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Self-reported longstanding illness

2.3 Self-reported acute sickness

2.4 Self-assessed general health

2.5 The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12)

2.6 Perceived social support

Tables

 

3 Cardiovascular disease: prevalence and risk factors Paola Primatesta and Marion Brookes

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Methods and definitions

3.3 Prevalence and severity of CVD conditions, by minority ethnic group

3.4 CVD by socio-economic variables

3.5 ECG measurement

3.6 CVD risk factors

Tables

 

4 Use of tobacco products Richard Boreham

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Cigarette smoking

4.3 Number of cigarettes smoked

4.4 Use of chewing tobacco

4.5 Prevalence and cotinine-adjusted prevalence of use of tobacco products

Tables

 

5 Alcohol consumption Bob Erens and Johanna Laiho

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Measuring weekly consumption

5.3 Usual weekly consumption

5.4 Usual frequency of drinking

5.5 Drinking in the past week

Tables

 

6 Anthropometry Paola Primatesta and Vasant Hirani

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Methods and definitions of measurement

6.3 Anthropometric measures

6.4 Obesity, by socio-economic variables

Tables

 

7 Blood pressure Saffron Karlsen, Paola Primatesta and Anne McMunn

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Methods and definitions

7.3 Blood pressure measurements

7.4 High blood pressure

7.5 Socio-economic differences in blood pressure

Tables

 

8 Physical activity Rebecca Teers

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Types of activity engaged in at moderate or vigorous level

8.3 Participation in physical activity: days per week

8.4 Maximum intensity level attained

Tables

 

9 Eating habits Vasant Hirani and Paola Primatesta

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Methods

9.3 Consumption of selected foods

9.4 Salt intake

9.5 Fat and fibre intake

9.6 Socio-economic variations in fat and fibre intake

Tables

 

10 Blood analytes Emanuela Falaschetti and Paola Primatesta

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol

10.3 C-reactive protein

10.4 Fibrinogen

10.5 Haemoglobin

10.6 Ferritin

10.7 Glycated haemoglobin

10.8 Fasting blood sample

Tables

 

11 Use of health services and prescribed medicines Madhavi Bajekal

11.1 Introduction

11.2 GP consultations

11.3 Pattern of use of dental service

11.4 Hospital attendance rates

11.5 Prescribed medication

11.6 Contraceptive pill use

11.7 Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use

Tables

 

12 Non-fatal accidents Sally McManus and Susan Purdon

12.1 Introduction and methods

12.2 Accident rates by minority ethnic group

12.3 Major and minor accidents, by age

12.4 Major and minor accidents, by social class of head of household

12.5 Major and minor accidents, by equivalised household income

Tables

 

13 Children's health James Nazroo, Harriet Becher, Yvonne Kelly and Anne McMunn

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Self-reported health

13.3 Psychological health

13.4 Respiratory symptoms and lung function

13.5 Tobacco use

13.6 Alcohol use

13.7 Anthropometric measures

13.8 Blood pressure

13.9 Physical activity

13.10 Non-fatal accidents

13.11 Use of health services and prescribed medication

Tables

 

Volume 2: Methodology and documentation

14 Survey methodology and response Bob Erens, Gillian Prior, Christos Korovessis,
Lisa Calderwood, Marion Brookes and Paola Primatesta

14.1 Overview of the survey design

14.2 Sample design

14.3 Topic coverage

14.4 Ethical clearance

14.5 Fieldwork procedures

14.6 Survey response

14.7 Sample profile of those interviewed

14.8 Weighting

14.9 Age standardisation

14.10 Estimating errors in complex sample designs: design factors

14.11 Quality control of blood and saliva analytes

Tables

 

Appendices

A Fieldwork documents

B Measurement protocols

C Coding frame for medicines

D Glossary

Summary of Key Findings

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