Table 4.13

Prevalence of saliva cotinine 15 ng/ml or over, by age within minority ethnic group^a

 

Aged 16 and over with a valid saliva cotinine measurement										1999
Saliva cotinine of 15 ng/ml or over		Age group
		Men					Women
		16-34	35-54	55 +	All men		16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean	35		46	41	40	37		24	6	26
Indian	35		26	24	29	11		9	[12]	10
Pakistani	39		33	[24]	35	11		8	b	10
Bangladeshi	49		50	[77]	55	18		[68]	b	34
Chinese	[12]		24	b	18	[4]		11	b	9
Irish	49		40	34	40	32		39	22	33
General population (1998)c	40		33	24	32	36		28	18	27
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	77		48	62	188	101		102	47	251
Indian	127		146	57	329	127		134	37	298
Pakistani	82		62	22	167	98		51	13	162
Bangladeshi	22		14	11	46	31		8	4	43
Chinese	14		23	6	43	16		32	5	53
Irish	199		424	261	883	318		444	206	968
General population (1998)	c		c	c	c	c		c	c	c
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	109		71	90	270	148		148	68	364
Indian	127		158	63	348	134		143	44	321
Pakistani	136		107	36	279	167		88	23	278
Bangladeshi	88		54	37	179	126		36	12	174
Chinese	45		71	20	136	49		99	17	165
Irish	65		139	98	302	115		147	89	351
General population	1520		1902	1620	5042	1676		2051	1741	5468

^a An additional weight has been added to correct for response bias in the sub-sample providing a valid saliva sample (see Section 4.5.1).

^b The sample base for these categories is too small for results to be shown.

^c 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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