Table 3.1

Prevalence of CVD conditions, by minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over							1999
CVD conditionsa	Minority ethnic group						General population (1998)b
	Black
Men	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Observed %
Angina	1.9	5.4	2.9	3.9	1.8	4.8	5.3
Heart attack	0.6	2.8	2.7	3.2	1.2	3.7	4.2
Heart murmur	2.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	3.1	3.0
Abnormal heart rhythm	2.3	2.8	1.9	1.3	1.0	4.7	5.0
'Other' heart trouble	0.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	0.7	2.3	1.6
Stroke	3.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	2.3
Diabetes	7.8	7.7	8.7	10.6	4.2	4.2	3.3
Standardised risk ratios
Angina	0.32	1.28	1.26	1.86	0.38	1.06	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.11	0.23	0.30	0.44	0.16	0.22
Heart attack	0.14	0.95	1.44	1.68	0.32	0.97	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.08	0.24	0.36	0.46	0.15	0.23
Heart murmur	0.94	0.27	0.31	0.14	0.31	1.01	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.33	0.10	0.17	0.10	0.17	0.27
Abnormal heart rhythm	0.47	0.69	0.59	0.36	0.23	0.91	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.14	0.17	0.18	0.16	0.14	0.20
'Other' heart trouble	0.49	0.95	0.06	1.36	0.65	1.65	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.26	0.34	0.09	0.46	0.45	0.51
Stroke	1.66	1.42	0.83	1.12	0.84	0.85	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.62	0.42	0.41	0.51	0.54	0.29
Diabetes	2.51	2.97	5.43	5.76	1.44	1.35	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.52	0.47	0.73	0.86	0.39	0.33
Women
Observed %
Angina	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	2.9	3.9
Heart attack	0.6	0.2	1.0	0.1	-	1.6	1.8
Heart murmur	2.4	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.9	3.1	3.3
Abnormal heart rhythm	3.1	2.2	1.8	1.4	1.5	4.9	4.8
'Other' heart trouble	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.1	1.4
Stroke	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	2.0	2.1
Diabetes	7.9	4.7	5.3	5.9	2.6	2.4	2.5
Standardised risk ratios
Angina	1.11	0.95	1.26	1.09	0.20	0.94	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.28	0.30	0.43	0.38	0.17	0.26
Heart attack	0.57	0.34	1.62	0.20	0.00	1.48	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.29	0.28	0.69	0.24	-	0.49
Heart murmur	0.72	0.49	0.84	0.29	0.53	0.99	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.18	0.16	0.29	0.15	0.21	0.24
Abnormal heart rhythm	0.80	0.59	0.68	0.46	0.35	1.06	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.18	0.16	0.21	0.17	0.16	0.20
'Other' heart trouble	0.44	0.60	0.82	1.21	0.78	1.61	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.22	0.31	0.34	0.54	0.50	0.48
Stroke	0.72	0.65	0.92	0.68	0.29	1.09	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.30	0.32	0.51	0.45	0.35	0.32
Diabetes	4.19	2.88	5.58	5.83	2.11	1.03	1
Standard error of the ratio	0.61	0.54	0.99	0.99	0.67	0.30
Bases (weighted):c
Men	367	595	358	137	96	1546	b
Women	503	616	370	139	113	1988	b
Bases (unweighted):c
Men	547	626	620	533	301	537	7193
Women	748	657	643	563	361	708	8715

^a Ever had condition.

^b Comparative data for the general population are not available on this topic from the 1999 survey itself, and for this table comparative data have therefore been taken from the 1998 survey, in which no weighting was involved.

^c Bases vary slightly by topic: those shown are for the overall sample.

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