Table 13.7
Respiratory symptoms and doctor-diagnosed asthma,
by minority ethnic group
| Aged 2-15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999 |
|
| Respiratory symptoms
and asthma |
Minority ethnic group
|
|
|
|
General
population
(1997) |
| |
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
| Boys |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ever wheezed |
41 |
25 |
24 |
18 |
26 |
37 |
34 |
| Wheezed without a cold |
25 |
15 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
25 |
21 |
| Breathless when wheezing |
23 |
15 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
22 |
20 |
| Wheezed in the last 12 months |
20 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
15 |
18 |
19 |
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma |
30 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
22 |
28 |
23 |
|
| Risk ratios |
| Ever wheezed |
1.22 |
0.74 |
0.72 |
0.54 |
0.78 |
1.09 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
0.11 |
0.09 |
| Wheezed without a cold |
1.21 |
0.74 |
0.69 |
0.48 |
0.54 |
1.21 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.13 |
0.11 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
| Breathless when wheezing |
1.12 |
0.76 |
0.65 |
0.52 |
0.72 |
1.07 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.13 |
0.11 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.15 |
0.13 |
| Wheezed in the last 12 months |
1.02 |
0.79 |
0.78 |
0.62 |
0.78 |
0.95 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.12 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
0.13 |
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma |
1.33 |
0.73 |
0.81 |
0.76 |
0.96 |
1.21 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
0.13 |
|
|
| Girls |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
| Ever wheezed |
32 |
23 |
15 |
11 |
17 |
34 |
29 |
| Wheezed without a cold |
18 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
10 |
20 |
17 |
| Breathless when wheezing |
20 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
18 |
17 |
| Wheezed in the last 12 months |
16 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
11 |
19 |
17 |
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma |
24 |
13 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
|
| Risk ratios |
| Ever wheezed |
1.12 |
0.79 |
0.50 |
0.38 |
0.59 |
1.16 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
| Wheezed without a cold |
1.06 |
0.78 |
0.48 |
0.31 |
0.60 |
1.23 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
| Breathless when wheezing |
1.20 |
0.94 |
0.33 |
0.29 |
0.69 |
1.11 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.14 |
0.16 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
0.17 |
0.15 |
| Wheezed in the last 12 months |
0.93 |
0.74 |
0.47 |
0.32 |
0.67 |
1.13 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.17 |
0.15 |
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma |
1.30 |
0.69 |
0.51 |
0.43 |
0.97 |
1.13 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.14 |
0.13 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
0.19 |
0.14 |
|
|
|
| Bases (weighted): |
| Boys |
206 |
275 |
243 |
105 |
43 |
827 |
a |
| Girls |
217 |
209 |
245 |
98 |
42 |
888 |
a |
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Boys |
298 |
268 |
397 |
384 |
138 |
267 |
3485 |
| Girls |
312 |
203 |
393 |
358 |
126 |
264 |
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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Prepared 10 January 2001 |
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