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

Table 3.9

Prevalence of CVD/IHD/IHD or stroke, by social class of head of household within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over
1999

CVD^a/IHD^b/IHD or stroke

Social class of head of household

Men
Women

Non-
Non-

manual Manual
manual
Manual

Observed %

Black Caribbean

CVD 19.4 32.4 26.2 37.4

IHD 0.6 2.7 2.5 2.5

IHD or stroke 0.6 7.0 2.8 3.1

Indian

CVD 27.2 23.3 17.6 15.1

IHD 11.0 3.8 2.2 0.7

IHD or stroke 11.0 6.4 2.2 2.1

Pakistani

CVD 17.8 19.4 17.7 13.3

IHD 5.5 4.1 2.8 1.0

IHD or stroke 5.5 4.8 2.8 2.0

Bangladeshi

CVD 21.2 21.0 15.6 10.6

IHD 5.7 4.9 - 1.0

IHD or stroke 5.7 5.6 1.2 1.5

Chinese

CVD 11.6 18.7 14.4 17.0

IHD 0.8 3.7 0.4 0.5

IHD or stroke 1.6 4.5 0.4 0.9

Irish

CVD 26.6 27.3 24.9 30.5

IHD 5.4 6.5 2.4 4.6

IHD or stroke 7.5 7.6 3.2 6.6

General population (1998)^c

CVD 27.7 28.6 25.8 29.6

IHD 6.2 8.0 3.8 5.4

IHD or stroke 7.4 9.7 5.1 7.3

Standardised risk ratios

CVD

Black Caribbean 0.97 0.96 1.38 1.30

Standard error of the ratio 0.14 0.09 0.10 0.09

Indian 1.07 0.97 0.79 0.77

Standard error of the ratio 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.10

Pakistani 0.94 1.06 1.08 0.93

Standard error of the ratio 0.13 0.09 0.15 0.12

Bangladeshi 1.06 0.85 1.16 0.74

Standard error of the ratio 0.22 0.07 0.35 0.10

Chinese 0.49 0.72 0.67 0.78

Standard error of the ratio 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.13

Irish 1.02 1.04 1.04 1.09

Standard error of the ratio 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.09

General population (1998)^c 1.00 1.00 0.95 1.06

Standard error of the ratio 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03

IHD

Black Caribbean 0.19 0.26 1.15 0.57

Standard error of the ratio 0.18 0.08 0.40 0.19

Indian 2.06 0.76 0.80 0.30

Standard error of the ratio 0.31 0.22 0.29 0.21

Pakistani 1.52 1.13 1.72 0.51

Standard error of the ratio 0.44 0.27 0.74 0.31

Bangladeshi 1.26 0.88 0.00 0.53

Standard error of the ratio 0.64 0.19 - 0.25

Chinese 0.20 0.67 0.07 0.18

Standard error of the ratio 0.18 0.28 0.08 0.22

Irish 0.91 0.92 0.73 1.02

Standard error of the ratio 0.24 0.19 0.25 0.24

General population (1998)^c 0.89 1.10 0.85 1.16

Standard error of the ratio 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09

IHD or stroke

Black Caribbean 0.15 0.67 0.97 0.49

Standard error of the ratio 0.15 0.15 0.31 0.15

Indian 1.71 1.06 0.58 0.60

Standard error of the ratio 0.25 0.23 0.21 0.25

Pakistani 1.26 1.08 1.25 0.97

Standard error of the ratio 0.37 0.24 0.54 0.38

Bangladeshi 1.05 0.83 2.19 0.49

Standard error of the ratio 0.53 0.16 1.46 0.20

Chinese 0.35 0.67 0.05 0.27

Standard error of the ratio 0.22 0.25 0.06 0.22

Irish 1.04 0.89 0.71 1.06

Standard error of the ratio 0.22 0.17 0.21 0.20

General population (1998)^c 0.89 1.10 0.86 1.15

Standard error of the ratio 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08

Bases (weighted):^d

Black Caribbean 110 242 221 250

Indian 262 307 283 302

Pakistani 117 212 109 197

Bangladeshi 24 100 20 92

Chinese 45 45 60 46

Irish 670 856 989 946

General population (1998) c c c c

Bases (unweighted):^d

Black Caribbean 169 355 327 374

Indian 295 305 323 299

Pakistani 193 377 182 354

Bangladeshi 71 401 64 383

Chinese 140 143 190 145

Irish 225 304 329 362

General population (1998) 3397 3637 4356 4072

^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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Prepared 10 January 2001