Table 11.15
Category of prescribed medicine taken, by minority ethnic group
| Aged 16 and over |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999 |
|
| Medicine categorya |
Minority ethnic group
|
|
|
|
General
population
(1998)b |
| |
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
| Men |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cardiovascular |
18 |
17 |
9 |
16 |
8 |
14 |
17 |
| Gastrointestinal |
6 |
7 |
3 |
17 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
| Respiratory |
7 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
| Central nervous system |
9 |
12 |
8 |
22 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
| Infections |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Endocrine |
9 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Gynaecological/Urinary |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Cytotoxic |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
| Nutrition and blood |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
1 |
| Musculoskeletal |
7 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
| Eye, ear, nose and throat |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Skin |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
| Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| No medicine taken |
62 |
65 |
72 |
55 |
77 |
63 |
61 |
|
| Standardised ratios |
| Cardiovascular |
1.12 |
1.47 |
1.25 |
1.30 |
0.70 |
0.91 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.16 |
0.14 |
0.17 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.11 |
| Central nervous system |
0.87 |
1.21 |
1.15 |
2.38 |
0.32 |
0.87 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.19 |
0.16 |
0.19 |
0.30 |
0.11 |
0.14 |
| Endocrine |
2.64 |
2.47 |
3.93 |
3.67 |
1.11 |
1.11 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.61 |
0.44 |
0.71 |
0.81 |
0.43 |
0.34 |
| Musculoskeletal |
1.08 |
0.76 |
1.13 |
1.86 |
0.43 |
1.16 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.26 |
0.18 |
0.28 |
0.37 |
0.21 |
0.23 |
|
|
| Women |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
| Cardiovascular |
20 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
13 |
17 |
| Gastrointestinal |
4 |
4 |
8 |
13 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
| Respiratory |
8 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
| Central nervous system |
12 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
17 |
17 |
| Infections |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Endocrine |
12 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
16 |
14 |
| Gynaecological/Urinary |
1 |
1 |
- |
0 |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Cytotoxic |
- |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Nutrition and blood |
3 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Musculoskeletal |
4 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| Eye, ear, nose and throat |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Skin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| No medicine taken |
58 |
61 |
63 |
58 |
71 |
53 |
51 |
|
| Standardised ratios |
| Cardiovascular |
1.87 |
1.12 |
1.22 |
1.01 |
0.96 |
0.91 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.15 |
0.14 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
0.19 |
0.11 |
| Central nervous system |
0.86 |
0.89 |
1.42 |
1.52 |
0.34 |
1.15 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.10 |
0.12 |
0.18 |
0.20 |
0.09 |
0.12 |
| Endocrine |
0.98 |
1.14 |
1.06 |
0.91 |
0.80 |
1.16 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.11 |
0.13 |
0.17 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.12 |
| Musculoskeletal |
0.71 |
1.61 |
2.17 |
1.26 |
0.15 |
0.88 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.15 |
0.24 |
0.37 |
0.31 |
0.13 |
0.17 |
|
|
| Bases (weighted): |
| Men |
257 |
458 |
231 |
74 |
62 |
1218 |
b |
| Women |
366 |
451 |
253 |
77 |
81 |
1639 |
b |
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Men |
371 |
476 |
391 |
281 |
197 |
413 |
6164 |
| Women |
541 |
483 |
438 |
315 |
255 |
564 |
7420 |
|
a Percentages may add to more than 100 as informants may
have been taking more than one type of medicine.
b Comparative data for the general population
are not available on this topic from the 1999 survey and have therefore
been taken from the 1998 survey. No weighting was involved in the 1998
survey.
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