Table 2.14

Self-assessed general health, by equivalised household income tertile within
minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over						1999
Self-assessed general health	Equivalised household income tertile
	Men			Women
	Lowest	Middle	Highest	Lowest	Middle	Highest
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Very good	25	25	43	25	24	31
Good	39	29	41	34	34	44
Good/very good	63	55	83	59	58	76
Fair	26	31	14	25	31	19
Bad	6	11	1	11	9	3
Very bad	5	3	1	4	3	1
Bad/very bad	11	14	2	16	11	5
Indian
Very good	30	19	29	17	14	24
Good	41	42	49	37	45	49
Good/very good	70	60	77	53	59	73
Fair	19	26	16	29	27	19
Bad	9	10	7	17	10	8
Very bad	2	4	-	1	4	0
Bad/very bad	11	14	7	17	14	8
Pakistani
Very good	25	36	36	23	20	32
Good	43	37	44	35	41	50
Good/very good	67	73	80	58	61	82
Fair	19	16	14	29	26	14
Bad	10	10	5	13	12	3
Very bad	3	2	-	1	2	-
Bad/very bad	13	11	5	14	13	3
Bangladeshi
Very good	10	28	a	11	27	a
Good	41	29	a	52	35	a
Good/very good	51	56	a	62	62	a
Fair	29	23	a	27	26	a
Bad	15	18	a	10	11	a
Very bad	5	3	a	0	1	a
Bad/very bad	21	21	a	11	12	a
Chinese
Very good	24	17	42	15	24	35
Good	41	59	42	37	41	50
Good/very good	65	77	84	53	64	85
Fair	21	20	13	30	32	15
Bad	11	4	1	7	4	-
Very bad	2	-	2	10	-	-
Bad/very bad	13	4	2	17	4	-
Irish
Very good	[11]	28	35	23	19	38
Good	[36]	34	44	42	41	48
Good/very good	[47]	62	78	65	60	85
Fair	[41]	25	19	27	28	12
Bad	[6]	10	1	8	9	2
Very bad	[6]	3	2	1	3	0
Bad/very bad	[12]	13	3	8	12	2
General population
Very good	24	26	42	19	24	37
Good	35	37	41	49	40	46
Good/very good	59	63	83	68	64	83
Fair	28	26	14	23	25	14
Bad	9	8	2	8	8	3
Very bad	4	3	1	2	2	1
Bad/very bad	13	11	3	9	11	4
Standarised risk ratios
Good/very good
Black Caribbean	0.83	0.85	1.04	0.77	0.80	0.94
Standard error	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.04
Indian	0.88	0.81	0.97	0.67	0.73	0.90
Standard error	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.04
Pakistani	0.75	0.86	0.94	0.61	0.67	1.00
Standard error	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.07
Bangladeshi	0.61	0.66	a	0.62	0.64	a
Standard error	0.04	0.06	a	0.03	0.07	a
Chinese	0.86	0.97	1.07	0.70	0.83	1.10
Standard error	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.05
Irish	[0.62]	0.81	0.97	0.85	0.85	1.10
Standard error	[0.09]	0.06	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.03
General population	0.79	0.88	1.07	0.89	0.90	1.07
Standard error	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.01
Bad/very bad
Black Caribbean	2.36	1.49	0.51	2.67	1.70	1.10
Standard error	0.75	0.37	0.23	0.48	0.36	0.31
Indian	2.24	2.29	1.40	3.26	2.70	1.78
Standard error	0.66	0.46	0.37	0.65	0.45	0.42
Pakistani	3.51	2.67	1.57	3.64	3.47	1.39
Standard error	0.64	0.57	0.65	0.63	0.66	0.71
Bangladeshi	4.24	4.71	a	2.81	3.43	a
Standard error	0.55	0.90	a	0.49	0.90	a
Chinese	2.25	0.79	0.40	2.67	0.71	0.00
Standard error	0.76	0.44	0.29	0.73	0.38	-
Irish	[2.38]	1.62	0.67	1.29	1.67	0.28
Standard error	[0.97]	0.39	0.23	0.47	0.35	0.10
General population	2.41	1.86	0.52	1.50	1.59	0.62
Standard error	0.46	0.25	0.08	0.26	0.19	0.08
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	76	106	131	114	136	175
Indian	89	166	193	95	183	188
Pakistani	103	97	61	117	92	55
Bangladeshi	69	25	8	72	25	5
Chinese	18	27	30	21	29	34
Irish	100	419	827	208	563	989
General population	2681	11139	23759	4283	14643	25462
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	107	160	200	171	210	257
Indian	87	165	228	97	183	231
Pakistani	189	176	95	216	165	89
Bangladeshi	278	97	22	305	96	15
Chinese	62	83	94	69	87	112
Irish	39	140	284	84	189	351
General population	235	924	1915	374	1207	2044

^a The sample base for these categories is too small for the results to be shown.

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