Table 11.3

(NHS) GP consultations in the two weeks before interview and annual contact rate per person, by social class of head of household within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over				1999
Consulting GP on own behalf	Social class of head of household
	Men		Women
	Non-		Non-
	manual	Manual	manual	Manual
Observed
Black Caribbean
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	13	17	18	25
Annual contact rate per persona	4.4	5.2	5.3	7.3
Standard error	0.98	0.65	0.65	0.72
Indian
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	15	19	18	23
Annual contact rate per persona	4.8	6.1	6.0	7.9
Standard error	0.74	0.81	0.91	0.96
Pakistani
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	12	15	18	25
Annual contact rate per persona	4.3	4.6	6.0	8.7
Standard error	0.91	0.60	0.99	1.00
Bangladeshi
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	20	24	25	20
Annual contact rate per persona	6.2	7.7	6.6	6.5
Standard error	1.51	0.86	1.27	0.74
Chinese
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	5	10	12	19
Annual contact rate per persona	1.3	3.5	3.5	6.0
Standard error	0.48	1.12	0.71	1.19
Irish
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	10	11	19	20
Annual contact rate per persona	3.6	3.0	6.8	6.0
Standard error	0.78	0.52	0.91	0.74
General population
% consulting a GP in past two weeks	11	13	17	19
Annual contact rate per persona	3.5	3.9	5.2	5.8
Standard error	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.31
Standardised ratio of means
Annual contact rate per persona
Black Caribbean	1.54	1.26	0.99	1.26
Standard error	0.36	0.19	0.13	0.14
Indian	1.34	1.88	1.12	1.66
Standard error	0.21	0.28	0.17	0.22
Pakistani	1.65	1.62	1.20	1.87
Standard error	0.41	0.23	0.21	0.21
Bangladeshi	2.17	2.34	1.17	1.40
Standard error	0.55	0.28	0.26	0.18
Chinese	0.50	0.99	0.64	1.04
Standard error	0.17	0.32	0.14	0.20
Irish	1.15	1.01	1.31	1.11
Standard error	0.27	0.20	0.20	0.14
General population	0.92	1.08	0.95	1.06
Standard error	0.09	0.10	0.06	0.07
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	110	241	221	251
Indian	260	306	280	302
Pakistani	117	212	110	197
Bangladeshi	24	100	20	92
Chinese	46	45	60	46
Irish	670	855	992	948
General population	20871	21741	26387	23917
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	169	354	327	375
Indian	293	304	321	299
Pakistani	193	378	183	354
Bangladeshi	71	401	64	384
Chinese	141	143	190	145
Irish	225	303	330	363
General population	1707	1790	2146	1962

^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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