Table 13.8

Severity of respiratory symptoms and impact on everyday life, by minority ethnic group

 

Aged 2-15							1999
Severity of respiratory symptoms and impact on everyday life	Minority ethnic group						General population (1997)
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Boys
Observed %
Number of wheezing attacks in
the last 12 months
0	81	85	85	88	85	82	81
1-3	15	9	10	7	10	11	12
4 or more	4	6	5	4	5	6	7
Sleep disturbed more than once a
week by wheezing	3	3	4	3	1	4	4
Speech limited by wheezing	3	3	3	4	0	2	3
Wheezing interfered with daily
activities	11	10	12	9	9	12	12
Girls
Observed %
Number of wheezing attacks in
the last 12 months
0	84	88	92	95	89	81	83
1-3	8	9	6	4	7	14	10
4 or more	7	3	2	1	4	5	7
Sleep disturbed more than once a
week by wheezing	5	2	1	1	0	5	3
Speech limited by wheezing	3	1	2	1	1	4	3
Wheezing interfered with daily
activities	8	8	5	3	9	13	10
Bases (weighted):
Boys	207	275	243	106	43	852	a
Girls	217	209	245	98	42	894	a
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	300	268	397	385	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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