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

Table 3.5

Prevalence of angina and MI symptoms (using the Rose Angina Questionnaire), by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over             1999

Angina or myocardial infarction symptoms
Minority ethnic group
        General
population
(1998)
a
  Black            
Men Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  

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  

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


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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