Table 10.12

Haemoglobin, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over with a valid sample							1999
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	Minority ethnic group						General population (1998)a
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Men
Observed
Mean	14.4	14.8	15.0	15.0	15.1	14.9	14.7
Standard error of the mean	0.07	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.06	0.02
% <12.0 g/dl (low)	1.9	0.9	2.9	0.3	0.9	0.3	1.6
Standardised
Mean haemoglobin: ratio of means	0.97	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.02	1.01	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00
% <12.0 g/dl (risk ratio)	1.33	1.13	4.17	0.38	1.42	0.12	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.64	0.59	1.53	0.52	1.19	0.15
Women
Observed
Mean	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.5	13.1	13.2	13.2
Standard error of the mean	0.06	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.05	0.01
% <12.0 g/dl (low)	25.5	30.7	30.3	28.3	13.5	9.4	10.1
Standardised
Mean haemoglobin: ratio of means	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	1.00	1.00	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
% <12.0 g/dl (risk ratio)	2.61	3.08	3.07	2.90	1.25	0.88	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.27	0.29	0.35	0.39	0.29	0.17
Bases (weighted) :
Men	203	368	181	55	48	977	a
Women	251	341	159	41	54	1305	a
Bases (unweighted) :
Men	286	393	307	202	150	334	4948
Women	364	361	272	161	171	451	5472

^a Comparative data for the general population are not available on this topic from the 1999 survey itself, and for this table comparative data have therefore been taken from the 1998 survey, in which no weighting was involved.

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