Table 10.1
Response to blood sample, by minority ethnic group
|
Aged 16 and over who had a nurse
visit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
Whether blood obtained
|
Minority ethnic group
|
|
|
General
populationc |
|
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
Men
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-fasting blood obtained |
82 |
84 |
81 |
75 |
80 |
85 |
84 |
| Consent given, no blood
obtained |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
3 |
4 |
| Ineligiblea |
2 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| Refused |
15 |
9 |
15 |
19 |
19 |
9 |
8 |
|
| Fasting blood obtained |
61 |
62 |
56 |
50 |
61 |
64 |
66 |
| Consent given, no fasting
blood obtained |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Ineligible for fasting bloodb |
24 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
19 |
26 |
20 |
| Refused fasting blood |
14 |
10 |
15 |
22 |
19 |
9 |
11 |
|
| Women |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-fasting blood obtained |
73 |
82 |
68 |
60 |
73 |
83 |
78 |
| Consent given, no blood
obtained |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Ineligiblea |
5 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
| Refused |
18 |
11 |
18 |
26 |
20 |
9 |
10 |
|
| Fasting blood obtained |
54 |
64 |
42 |
38 |
57 |
71 |
66 |
| Consent given, no fasting
blood obtained |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Ineligible for fasting bloodb |
26 |
25 |
36 |
30 |
21 |
21 |
27 |
| Refused fasting blood |
17 |
10 |
18 |
29 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
|
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Non-fasting blood |
| Men |
383 |
481 |
400 |
288 |
196 |
423 |
6165 |
| Women |
545 |
481 |
440 |
313 |
259 |
584 |
7421 |
| Fasting blood |
| Men |
227 |
298 |
194 |
147 |
131 |
316 |
170 |
| Women |
321 |
278 |
159 |
105 |
182 |
399 |
227 |
|
a On anticoagulant drugs or pregnant.
b Have eaten or drunk (more than water) in the previous eight hours.
c For analytes included in the 1998 survey, 1998
has been used as the comparison group.
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