Table 4.11

Comparison of saliva cotinine sample with total sample,
by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over							1999
Age and tobacco status		Men				Women
		Total		Sample		Total		Sample
		sample		with		sample		with
				cotinine				cotinine
				assay				assay
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Age
	16-34	39	41		38		41
	35-54	25	26		38		41
	55 and over	35	33		24		19
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	38	39		25		23
Indian
Age
	16-34	37	39		41		43
	35-54	42	44		42		45
	55 and over	21	17		18		12
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	28	29		8		6
Pakistani
Age
	16-34	53	51		60		62
	35-54	33	36		32		31
	55 and over	13	13		8		8
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	28	30		7		8
Bangladeshi
Age
	16-34	52	48		66		73
	35-54	27	30		24		18
	55 and over	21	23		10		9
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	53	57		27		26
Chinese
Age
	16-34	36	32		31		30
	35-54	44	54		55		60
	55 and over	20	14		15		9
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	20	21		9		8
Irish
Age
	16-34	25	23		28		33
	35-54	46	48		44		46
	55 and over	29	29		27		21
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	44	40		33		33
General population (1998)a
Age
	16-34	31	30		30		31
	35-54	36	38		35		37
	55 and over	33	32		35		32
Tobacco status
	Self-reported user of tobacco	34	33		27		27
Bases (weighted):b
Black Caribbean		363	188		499		251
Indian		588	329		611		298
Pakistani		346	167		360		162
Bangladeshi		132	46		135		43
Chinese		95	43		112		53
Irish		1544	883		1985		968
General population (1998)		a	a		a		a
Bases (unweighted):b
Black Caribbean		541	270		742		364
Indian		615	348		649		321
Pakistani		598	279		624		278
Bangladeshi		514	179		543		174
Chinese		297	136		359		165
Irish		536	302		707		351
General population (1998)		7162	5042		8691		5468

^a Comparative general population data are not available for saliva cotinine from the 1999 survey itself, comparative data have therefore been taken from the 1998 survey, in which no weighting was involved.

^b Bases are shown for tobacco status. Bases for the age distribution are slightly higher.

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