Table 11.2

(NHS) GP consultations in the two weeks before interview and annual contact rate per person, by age within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over								1999
Consulting GP on own behalf	Age group
	Men				Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men	16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed
Black Caribbean
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	10	12	26	16	19	19	29	21
Annual contact rate per persona	2.8	4.2	8.1	5.0	6.0	5.5	8	6
Standard error	0.59	1.09	1.08	0.53	0.79	0.73	1.05	0.48
Indian
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	10	17	29	17	15	21	38	22
Annual contact rate per persona	3.0	5.7	9.2	5.5	5.2	6.7	14	7
Standard error	0.69	0.82	1.47	0.54	0.87	0.94	2.07	0.65
Pakistani
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	7	22	29	15	19	28	46	24
Annual contact rate per persona	1.9	6.6	10.5	4.6	7.2	9.1	17	9
Standard error	0.39	0.94	2.12	0.48	0.92	1.18	3.88	0.75
Bangladeshi
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	8	27	49	22	16	31	29	21
Annual contact rate per persona	3.0	8.6	14.9	7.0	4.7	10.9	10	7
Standard error	0.87	1.33	1.63	0.70	0.59	1.60	2.19	0.60
Chinese
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	4	7	20	8	6	17	31	16
Annual contact rate per persona	1.3	2.8	5.1	2.7	1.8	5.2	9	5
Standard error	0.66	1.13	1.33	0.62	0.68	0.92	2.05	0.63
Irish
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	13	9	12	10	22	17	23	20
Annual contact rate per persona	4.1	2.7	3.4	3.3	7.5	5.3	8	7
Standard error	1.02	0.60	0.82	0.44	1.26	0.73	1.22	0.59
General population
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	8	9	18	12	18	16	20	18
Annual contact rate per persona	2.4	2.9	5.5	3.7	5.5	5.2	6	6
Standard error	0.29	0.27	0.36	0.18	0.38	0.34	0.35	0.20
Bases (weighted):								503
Black Caribbean	145	93	128	366	190	190	123	613
Indian	217	250	125	592	250	255	108	369
Pakistani	191	120	47	358	222	117	31	139
Bangladeshi	70	37	29	137	91	33	14	113
Chinese	34	42	19	96	35	62	17	1988
Irish	385	714	447	1546	566	879	543	51813
General population	12343	15772	15159	43274	14776	19215	17822	748
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	212	142	191	545	283	285	180	748
Indian	231	265	127	623	266	276	113	655
Pakistani	326	217	77	620	383	203	56	642
Bangladeshi	274	143	116	533	361	144	58	563
Chinese	109	127	65	301	109	194	58	361
Irish	135	240	161	536	203	301	204	708
General population	1034	1303	1219	3556	1242	1587	1411	4240

^a Annualised by multiplying mean rate for all informants in the past two weeks by 26. Based on total sample, not on those consulting.

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