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

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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