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

Table 4.12

Prevalence of saliva cotinine 15 ng/ml or over, by minority ethnic groupa

Aged 16 and over with a valid saliva cotinine measurement         1999

Saliva cotinine of 15 ng/ml or over
Minority ethnic group
      General
population
(1998)
b
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Men              

Observed % 40 29 35 55 18 40 32
Standardised risk ratio 1.28 0.85 1.05 1.63 0.48 1.20 1
Standard error of risk ratio 0.10 0.07 0.09 0.12 0.10 0.10

Women              

Observed % 26 10 10 34 9 33 27
Standardised risk ratio 0.79 0.30 0.32 1.76 0.19 1.11 1
Standard error of risk ratio 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.13 0.06 0.09


Bases (weighted):              
Men 188 329 167 46 43 883 b
Women 251 298 162 43 53 968 b

Bases (unweighted):
Men 270 348 279 179 136 302 5042
Women 364 321 278 174 165 351 5468


a
An additional weight has been added to correct for response bias among tobacco users in obtaining a saliva sample (see Section 4.5.1).

b 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.





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