Table 12.2

Annual major accident rates per 100 adults for types of accident, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over							1999
Accident rates	Minority ethnic group						General population
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Men
Observed accident rate per 100 persons
Major falls (excluding falls while
playing sports or exercising)	5	5	2	2	2	6	8
Standard error of the accident rate	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.7
Major sporting accidents	5	3	3	1	0	2	4
Standard error of the accident rate	1.3	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.2	0.6
Major accidents involving a moving
vehicle	3	2	6	1	2	2	3
Standard error of the accident rate	1.0	0.7	1.6	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.4
Major accidents caused by a tool or
other implement	1	2	1	1	3	3	4
Standard error of the accident rate	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.1	0.6
Major accidents at work (per 100
men in work)	8	5	5	5	7	9	10
Standard error of the accident rate	2.5	1.6	1.7	2.1	2.8	2.4	1.1
Standardised ratio of rates
Major falls (excluding falls while
playing sports or exercising)	0.56	0.57	0.30	0.18	0.15	1.27	1
Standard error	0.17	0.16	0.13	0.09	0.10	0.43
Major sporting accidents	0.86	0.59	0.37	0.11	0.07	0.92	1
Standard error	0.26	0.20	0.15	0.07	0.08	0.53
Major accidents involving a moving
vehicle	0.85	0.53	1.69	0.20	0.43	0.48	1
Standard error	0.34	0.24	0.50	0.15	0.28	0.22
Major accidents caused by a tool or
other implement	0.24	0.43	0.18	0.27	0.69	0.50	1
Standard error	0.14	0.19	0.13	0.14	0.36	0.19
Major accidents at work (per 100
men in work)	0.84	0.49	0.51	0.51	0.62	0.86	1
Standard error	0.28	0.16	0.18	0.22	0.26	0.26
Women
Observed accident rate per 100 persons
Major falls (excluding falls while
playing sports or exercising)	5	5	4	1	2	6	9
Standard error of the accident rate	1.4	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.9	1.5	0.7
Major sporting accidents	0	0	0	-	0	0	2
Standard error of the accident rate	0.2	0.4	0.4	-	0.5	0.1	0.3
Major accidents involving a moving
vehicle	4	2	2	0	2	2	2
Standard error of the accident rate	1.2	0.5	0.9	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.3
Major accidents caused by a tool or
other implement	1	1	1	-	2	2	1
Standard error of the accident rate	0.4	0.7	0.4	-	1.0	0.7	0.3
Major accidents at work (per 100
women in work)	1	4	3	2	2	2	3
Standard error of the accident rate	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.1	1.5	1.0	0.6
Standardised ratio of rates
Major falls (excluding falls while
playing sports or exercising)	0.64	0.68	0.79	0.32	0.22	1.02	1
Standard error	0.19	0.18	0.40	0.22	0.15	0.27
Major sporting accidents	0.08	0.25	0.17	0.00	0.25	0.05	1
Standard error	0.17	0.21	0.14	-	0.31	0.10
Major accidents involving a moving
vehicle	1.97	0.48	0.93	0.09	0.92	0.82	1
Standard error	0.65	0.27	0.39	0.11	0.53	0.42
Major accidents caused by a tool or
other implement	0.49	0.84	0.24	0.00	0.77	0.94	1
Standard error	0.37	0.47	0.19	-	0.46	0.46
Major accidents at work (per 100
women in work)	0.27	1.32	1.01	0.72	0.55	0.65	1
Standard error	0.21	0.69	0.80	0.84	0.42	0.36
Bases (weighted):
Men	367	595	358	137	96	1546	43301
Women	503	616	370	139	113	1988	51813
Men at work	172	369	198	57	58	1003	26115
Women at work	254	287	66	20	56	1076	24976
Bases (unweighted):
Men	547	626	620	533	301	537	3558
Women	748	657	643	563	361	708	4240
Men at work	261	392	343	218	174	339	2142
Women at work	376	319	111	58	172	372	2038

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