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

Table 10.13

Haemoglobin, by age within minority ethnic group

 
Aged 16 and over with a valid sample
              1999

Haemoglobin (g/dl)
Age group
         
Men
     
Women
   
16-34 35-54 55 + All men 16-34 35-54 55 + All women
Observed
               

Black Caribbean
Mean 14.6 14.5 14.0 14.4 12.5 12.5 12.7 12.5
Standard error of the mean 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.07 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.06
% <12.0 g/dl (low) - - 5.6 1.9 29.8 25.7 18.3 25.5

Indian
Mean 15.0 14.8 14.3 14.8 12.4 12.4 13.1 12.5
Standard error of the mean 0.09 0.07 0.15 0.05 0.09 0.10 0.15 0.06
% <12.0 g/dl (low) - 0.4 4.1 0.9 36.2 32.9 12.1 30.7

Pakistani
Mean 15.1 15.2 [14.0] 15.0 12.4 12.3 a 12.4
Standard error of the mean 0.10 0.09 [0.27] 0.07 0.10 0.14 a 0.08
% <12.0 g/dl (low) 3.0 - [10.7] 2.9 31.6 29.6 a 30.3

Bangladeshi
Mean 15.4 14.9 [14.3] 15.0 12.7 [12.1] a 12.5
Standard error of the mean 0.10 0.14 [0.21] 0.08 0.09 [0.21] a 0.09
% <12.0 g/dl (low) - - [1.4] 0.3 21.0 [54.0] a 28.3

Chinese
Mean [15.4] 15.0 [14.7] 15.1 [13.3] 12.9 a 13.1
Standard error of the mean [0.15] 0.12 [0.25] 0.09 [0.17] 0.12 a 0.09
% <12.0 g/dl (low) [-] 0.9 [2.5] 0.9 [14.5] 16.1 a 13.5

Irish
Mean 15.2 14.9 14.7 14.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.2
Standard error of the mean 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.06 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.05
% <12.0 g/dl (low) - 0.2 0.6 0.3 7.4 11.2 8.2 9.4

General population (1998)b
Mean 15.0 14.8 14.5 14.7 13.1 13.1 13.3 13.2
Standard error of the mean 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.01
% <12.0 g/dl (low) 0.5 0.3 3.9 1.6 9.1 11.8 8.8 10.1


Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean 80 54 68 203 86 109 55 251
Indian 123 179 66 368 125 160 56 341
Pakistani 88 68 25 181 95 51 13 159
Bangladeshi 26 15 13 55 27 11 3 41
Chinese 14 25 9 48 13 34 8 54
Irish 213 480 284 977 310 605 390 1305
General population (1998) b b b b b b b b

Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean 110 80 96 286 128 160 76 364
Indian 129 192 72 393 129 172 60 361
Pakistani 150 117 40 307 161 88 23 272
Bangladeshi 102 57 43 202 107 41 13 161
Chinese 46 73 31 150 39 106 26 171
Irish 72 158 104 334 109 200 142 451
General population (1998) 1314 1926 1708 4948 1399 2132 1941 5472


a
Data not shown because of small bases.

b 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.

 


Back
We welcome your comments on this site.
Prepared 10 January 2001