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

Table 4.14

Prevalence of saliva cotinine 15 ng/ml or over, by social class of head of household within minority ethnic groupa

Aged 16 and over with a valid saliva cotinine measurement
    1999

Saliva cotinine of 15 ng/ml or over
 
Social class of head of household
   
 
Men
   
Women
 
 
Non-
   
Non-
 
 
manual
Manual  
manual
Manual

Black Caribbean
Observed % 29 44 23 27
Standardised risk ratio 0.88 1.36 0.69 0.96
Standard error of risk ratio 0.16 0.12 0.10 0.12

Indian
Observed % 26 31 14 7
Standardised risk ratio 0.78 0.94 0.43 0.18
Standard error of risk ratio 0.10 0.11 0.09 0.06

Pakistani
Observed % 28 37 14 8
Standardised risk ratio 0.87 1.14 0.49 0.31
Standard error of risk ratio 0.14 0.12 0.13 0.11

Bangladeshi
Observed % b 59 b 30
Standardised risk ratio b 1.78 b 1.59
Standard error of risk ratio b 0.13 b 0.18

Chinese
Observed % 18 16 9 9
Standardised risk ratio 0.52 0.34 0.26 0.19
Standard error of risk ratio 0.13 0.11 0.11 0.08

Irish
Observed % 31 48 24 42
Standardised risk ratio 0.90 1.35 0.76 1.43
Standard error of risk ratio 0.13 0.14 0.11 0.13

General population (1998)c
Observed % 24 39 22 33
Standardised risk ratio 0.79 1.21 0.80 1.21
Standard error of risk ratio 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04


Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean 56 124 113 121
Indian 159 158 151 137
Pakistani 61 94 56 83
Bangladeshi 7 36 5 34
Chinese 25 16 29 21
Irish 415 458 476 480
General population (1998) c c c c

Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean 82 178 164 176
Indian 175 161 172 139
Pakistani 100 161 92 148
Bangladeshi 25 137 21 136
Chinese 76 55 91 67
Irish 132 166 164 184
General population (1998) 2422 2524 2798 2523


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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