Table 3.5
Prevalence of angina and MI symptoms (using the Rose Angina
Questionnaire), by minority ethnic group
| Aged 16 and over |
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|
1999 |
|
| Angina or myocardial
infarction symptoms |
Minority ethnic group
|
|
|
|
|
General
population
(1998)a |
| |
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
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| Observed % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grade 1 angina |
1.3 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
| Grade 2 angina |
0.7 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
- |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| Any angina symptoms |
1.9 |
3.2 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
| Symptoms of possible MI |
7.2 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
9.0 |
3.1 |
8.1 |
8.6 |
|
| Standardised risk ratios |
| Any angina symptoms |
0.97 |
1.70 |
0.79 |
1.39 |
0.26 |
1.14 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio
|
0.42 |
0.40 |
0.31 |
0.38 |
0.23 |
0.35 |
| Symptoms of possible MI
|
0.88 |
0.85 |
0.77 |
1.40 |
0.41 |
0.97 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio
|
0.16 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
0.22 |
0.14 |
0.17 |
|
|
| Women |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
| Grade 1 angina |
2.6 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
| Grade 2 angina |
0.7 |
- |
0.3 |
1.1 |
- |
0.6 |
0.7 |
| Any angina symptoms |
3.2 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
| Symptoms of possible MI |
5.6 |
4.8 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
3.7 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
|
| Standardised risk ratios |
| Any angina symptoms |
1.22 |
0.26 |
0.92 |
1.13 |
0.48 |
0.93 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio
|
0.27 |
0.12 |
0.30 |
0.36 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| Symptoms of possible MI
|
1.15 |
0.99 |
1.55 |
1.82 |
0.59 |
1.15 |
1 |
| Standard error
of the ratio |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.27 |
0.29 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
|
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Men |
367 |
595 |
358 |
137 |
96 |
1546 |
a |
| Women |
503 |
616 |
370 |
139 |
113 |
1988 |
a |
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Men |
547 |
626 |
620 |
533 |
301 |
537 |
7193 |
| Women |
748 |
657 |
643 |
563 |
361 |
708 |
8712 |
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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.
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Prepared 10 January 2001 |
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