Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 13.4

Self-assessed general health, by minority ethnic group

 
Aged 2-15             1999

Self-assessed general health
Minority ethnic group
      General
population
(1997)
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Boys              

Observed %              
Very good 47 42 46 27 44 54 56
Good 41 48 41 57 47 40 35
Good/very good 88 89 87 84 91 94 91
Fair 11 10 11 14 7 6 8
Bad 1 1 2 2 2 0 1
Very bad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bad/very bad 1 1 2 2 2 0 1

Ratios
Good/very good 0.97 0.98 0.96 0.92 1.00 1.04 1
Standard error 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02
Bad/very bad 1.02 0.80 1.96 2.18 1.97 0.00 1
Standard error 0.62 0.58 0.80 0.86 1.27 -  

Girls              

Observed %
Very good 54 38 47 23 45 48 58
Good 36 50 45 65 46 43 34
Good/very good 90 87 92 89 91 91 92
Fair 9 12 6 9 9 7 8
Bad 1 1 2 2 0 2 1
Very bad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bad/very bad 1 1 2 2 0 2 1

Ratios
Good/very good 0.98 0.95 1.01 0.97 1.00 1.00 1
Standard error 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02
Bad/very bad 1.68 0.94 1.95 2.10 0.00 1.73 1
Standard error 0.83 0.74 0.82 0.89 - 0.91  


Bases (weighted):
Boys 207 275 243 105 43 852 a
Girls 217 209 245 98 42 894 a

Bases (unweighted):
Boys 300 268 397 384 138 270 3485
Girls 312 203 393 358 126 265 3479


a
The 1997 general population data are weighted according to the weighting scheme for that year's survey. Weighted bases are not shown because they do not follow the 1999 weighting scheme.

 


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