Table 13.30

Ever visited dentist, by minority ethnic group

Aged 2-15							1999
Ever visited dentist	Minority ethnic group						General population (1999)
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Boys
% ever visited dentist	78	74	62	46	81	85	89
Ratios	0.88	0.84	0.70	0.52	0.91	0.95	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03
Girls
% ever visited dentist	78	78	65	45	86	80	88
Ratios	0.88	0.89	0.73	0.51	0.97	0.90	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03
Bases (weighted):
Boys	207	273	243	106	42	852	12107
Girls	217	207	245	97	42	894	11035
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	300	267	397	385	136	270	955
Girls	312	202	393	356	124	265	883

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