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

Table 2.15

GHQ12 score, by minority ethnic group

 

 
Aged 16 and over             1999

GHQ12 score
Minority ethnic group
     
General
population
  Black            
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Men              

Observed %              
0 51 54 55 48 69 51 55
1-3 33 31 27 26 28 31 30
4 or more 16 16 18 26 3 18 15

Standardised risk ratios
4 or more 1.05 1.05 1.34 1.87 0.19 1.25 1
Standard error 0.14 0.12 0.16 0.19 0.06 0.14  

Women

Observed %              
0 44 47 49 46 61 51 50
1-3 34 30 28 31 31 29 31
4 or more 23 23 22 23 8 20 19

Standardised risk ratios
4 or more 1.22 1.26 1.27 1.57 0.39 1.12 1
Standard error 0.10 0.11 0.14 0.15 0.08 0.10


Bases (weighted):              
Men 331 540 284 104 85 1497 41374
Women 464 504 269 104 104 1929 49806

Bases (unweighted):
Men 492 565 488 402 264 515 3389
Women 686 546 464 424 328 684 4052




Back
We welcome your comments on this site.
Prepared 10 January 2001