Table 2.2

Longstanding illness and limiting longstanding illness, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over								1999
Longstanding illness and limiting longstanding illness	Age group
	Men				Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men	16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Longstanding illness	33	39	60	44	30	41	74	45
Limiting longstanding illness	11	22	39	24	16	21	53	27
Indian
Longstanding illness	14	34	62	32	17	41	76	37
Limiting longstanding illness	7	21	42	21	8	26	62	25
Pakistani
Longstanding illness	15	39	69	30	21	41	76	32
Limiting longstanding illness	10	30	49	22	14	30	57	23
Bangladeshi
Longstanding illness	21	45	70	38	18	48	64	30
Limiting longstanding illness	15	36	61	30	12	39	53	22
Chinese
Longstanding illness	15	23	50	25	16	25	42	25
Limiting longstanding illness	8	13	28	14	6	12	24	12
Irish
Longstanding illness	36	41	66	47	31	43	64	46
Limiting longstanding illness	21	22	47	29	14	27	42	27
General population
Longstanding illness	26	41	64	44	27	40	64	45
Limiting longstanding illness	10	23	39	25	12	22	42	26
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	144	93	130	366	190	190	123	503
Indian	218	251	125	595	252	256	108	616
Pakistani	191	120	47	358	223	117	31	370
Bangladeshi	70	37	29	136	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	211	142	193	546	283	285	180	748
Indian	232	266	127	625	267	277	113	657
Pakistani	326	217	77	620	384	203	56	643
Bangladeshi	274	142	116	532	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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