Table 2.12

Self assessed general health, by age within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over									1999
Self-assessed general health	Age group
	Men					Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men		16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Very good	44	35	16	32	36		30	7	27
Good	44	43	26	37	44		40	24	38
Good/very good	88	78	42	69	80		71	31	64
Fair	11	18	38	22	17		22	45	26
Bad	1	3	13	6	3		7	14	7
Very bad	-	1	7	3	0		0	10	3
Bad/very bad	1	4	20	8	3		7	24	10
Indian
Very good	35	28	14	28	30		13	8	19
Good	56	43	28	45	50		53	17	45
Good/very good	91	71	42	72	80		66	24	64
Fair	8	19	35	18	17		25	36	23
Bad	1	8	19	8	2		9	33	10
Very bad	0	2	4	2	2		1	6	2
Bad/very bad	1	10	23	9	3		9	40	12
Pakistani
Very good	42	25	11	32	30		20	2	25
Good	46	36	20	39	48		30	21	40
Good/very good	88	61	30	72	78		50	24	65
Fair	9	22	37	17	17		31	35	23
Bad	2	15	23	9	4		15	37	10
Very bad	-	2	10	2	1		4	4	2
Bad/very bad	2	17	33	11	4		19	42	12
Bangladeshi
Very good	27	13	4	18	23		5	1	17
Good	49	29	16	37	55		37	18	47
Good/very good	76	42	20	55	79		42	19	64
Fair	19	37	36	27	17		35	52	25
Bad	4	16	31	13	3		22	27	10
Very bad	1	5	13	5	1		1	1	1
Bad/very bad	5	21	44	18	4		23	28	11
Chinese
Very good	36	27	20	29	39		22	14	26
Good	51	53	28	47	46		51	30	46
Good/very good	87	81	47	76	85		73	44	72
Fair	11	16	38	19	14		23	45	23
Bad	2	1	12	4	1		2	8	3
Very bad	-	2	3	2	1		2	3	2
Bad/very bad	2	3	15	5	1		4	11	4
Irish
Very good	32	36	22	31	39		32	23	31
Good	41	45	28	39	50		46	35	44
Good/very good	73	81	51	70	89		78	58	76
Fair	24	15	32	22	11		15	32	18
Bad	1	2	11	4	-		7	8	5
Very bad	1	2	6	3	0		1	2	1
Bad/very bad	3	4	17	7	0		7	10	6
General population
Very good	46	37	26	35	37		34	23	31
Good	43	42	36	40	49		45	39	44
Good/very good	88	79	61	75	86		79	62	75
Fair	10	15	28	18	11		15	28	18
Bad	2	5	7	5	2		5	8	5
Very bad	0	1	3	2	1		1	2	1
Bad/very bad	2	6	10	6	3		6	11	7
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	145	92	129	366	189		190	122	501
Indian	218	252	125	595	252		255	108	614
Pakistani	191	120	47	358	223		117	31	370
Bangladeshi	70	37	29	137	91		33	14	139
Chinese	34	42	19	96	35		62	17	113
Irish	385	714	448	1546	566		879	543	1988
General population	12343	15772	15186	43301	14776		19215	17809	51800
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	212	141	192	545	282		285	179	746
Indian	232	267	127	626	267		276	112	655
Pakistani	326	217	77	620	384		203	56	643
Bangladeshi	274	143	116	533	361		144	58	563
Chinese	109	127	65	301	109		194	58	361
Irish	135	240	162	537	203		301	204	708
General population	1034	1303	1221	3558	1242		1587	1410	4239

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