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

Table 3.3

Severity of CVD conditions, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over             1999

Severity of CVD conditions
Minority ethnic group
      General
population
(1998)
a
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Men              

Observed %              
Heart attack or stroke 3.6 4.8 3.2 4.0 1.9 5.2 6.0
Angina but not heart attack or stroke 1.2 3.3 1.6 1.1 0.9 2.2 2.6
Only high blood pressure or diabetes 21.0 15.4 12.4 13.3 11.5 15.7 16.0
Only heart murmur, irregular heart
rhythm or other heart trouble 2.3 1.3 0.9 1.8 1.2 3.8 3.5

Standardised risk ratios
Heart attack or stroke 0.60 0.91 1.00 1.56 0.53 0.82 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.23 0.18 0.23 0.48 0.23 0.17
Angina but not heart attack or stroke 0.35 1.83 1.02 1.16 0.86 0.90 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.15 0.45 0.32 0.62 0.46 0.28
Only high blood pressure or diabetes 1.18 1.11 1.23 1.02 1.06 1.13 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.07
Only heart murmur, irregular heart
rhythm or other heart trouble 0.82 0.60 0.41 0.48 1.13 0.77 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.21 0.24 0.17 0.15 0.12 0.15  

Women

Observed %              
Heart attack or stroke 1.2 0.9 1.5 0.6 0.2 3.4 3.7
Angina but not heart attack or stroke 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.3 0.4 1.6 2.5
Only high blood pressure or diabetes 25.9 12.8 12.1 9.2 11.9 18.2 17.4
Only heart murmur, irregular heart
rhythm or other heart trouble 2.7 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.9 4.9 4.2

Standardised risk ratios
Heart attack or stroke 0.34 0.59 1.48 0.99 0.09 0.99 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.13 0.27 0.65 0.53 0.10 0.26
Angina but not heart attack or stroke 0.67 1.17 1.35 1.45 0.35 0.40 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.23 0.46 0.53 0.48 0.28 0.17
Only high blood pressure or diabetes 1.21 1.19 1.20 1.04 0.90 1.02 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.07 0.09 0.08 0.10 0.14 0.08
Only heart murmur, irregular heart
rhythm or other heart trouble 0.69 0.61 0.33 0.85 1.60 1.04 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.16 0.19 0.10 0.21 0.35 0.19  


             
Bases (weighted):b
Men 367 595 358 137 96 1546 a
Women 503 616 370 139 113 1988 a

Bases (unweighted):b
Men 547 626 620 533 301 537 7189
Women 748 657 643 563 361 708 8707


a
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.

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




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