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

Table 3.7

Prevalence of CVD/IHD/IHD or stroke, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over             1999

CVDa/IHDb/IHD or stroke
Minority ethnic group
        General
population
(1998)
c
  Black          
Men Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  

Observed %              
CVD 28.1 24.8 18.1 20.3 15.0 26.9 27.9
IHD 2.0 6.8 4.3 4.6 2.1 5.9 7.1
IHD or stroke 4.8 8.2 4.8 5.1 2.9 7.4 8.5

Standardised risk ratios
CVD 1.10 1.03 1.07 1.07 0.60 0.96 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08
IHD 0.27 1.31 1.41 1.53 0.34 0.95 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.09 0.20 0.27 0.33 0.13 0.17
IHD or stroke 0.61 1.34 1.32 1.39 0.49 0.95 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.16 0.19 0.23 0.29 0.17 0.15  

Women

Observed %              
CVD 31.4 16.8 16.2 13.0 15.4 27.9 27.8
IHD 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.4 0.4 3.5 4.6
IHD or stroke 2.8 2.3 2.6 1.9 0.6 5.0 6.2

Standardised risk ratios
CVD 1.41 0.83 1.15 0.92 0.76 1.14 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08
IHD 0.98 0.77 1.40 0.97 0.16 0.97 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.24 0.24 0.40 0.33 0.14 0.23
IHD or stroke 0.83 0.78 1.33 0.93 0.22 0.98 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.19 0.20 0.32 0.28 0.16 0.19  

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

Bases (unweighted):
Men 547 626 620 533 301 537 7193
Women 748 657 643 563 361 708 8715


a
Ever had doctor-diagnosed (or nurse in the case of high blood pressure) angina, heart attack, heart murmur, abnormal heart rhythm, 'other' heart trouble,
stroke, diabetes or high blood pressure.

b Ever had doctor-diagnosed heart attack or angina.

c 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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