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

Table 13.9

FEV1, by minority ethnic group

 
Aged 7-15             1999

FEV1 (litres)
Minority ethnic group
      General
population
(1997)
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Boys              

Observed              
Mean 2.20 2.30 2.17 2.08 2.28 2.31 2.38
Standard error of the mean 0.07 0.08 0.10 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.02
Median 2.05 2.02 1.89 1.99 2.14 2.25 2.19

Age and height standardised
Regression coefficienta -0.14 -0.24 -0.08 -0.26 -0.05 -0.01 0
Standard error 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.05  

Girls              

Observed
Mean 2.08 2.02 2.07 1.91 [2.12] 2.39 2.25
Standard error of the mean 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 [0.09] 0.07 0.02
Median 2.02 2.00 2.12 2.01 [2.20] 2.30 2.12

Age and height standardised
Regression coefficienta -0.11 -0.24 -0.27 -0.31 [-0.22] 0.08 0
Standard error 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.05 [0.06] 0.06  


Bases (weighted):
Boys 86 125 70 32 17 396 b
Girls 89 95 77 28 16 413 b

Bases (unweighted):
Boys 123 117 115 111 55 111 1963
Girls 129 88 125 97 44 115 1931


a Equivalent to absolute difference in mean FEV1 standardised for height and age, compared with the general population. The reference value for the general population is consequently 0.

b 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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