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

Table 7.4

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP), by age within minority ethnic group

 
Aged 16 and over with valid blood pressure readings
           1999
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Age group
        
Men       Women      
16-34 35-54 55 + All men 16-34 35-54 55 + All women
Observed
               
Black Caribbean
Mean 65.8 77.1 83.4 74.7 65.2 75.1 78.5 72.2
Standard error of the mean 0.94 1.30 1.10 0.77 0.78 0.91 1.11 0.59
Indian
Mean 69.6 82.0 82.6 77.7 66.7 73.4 77.9 71.6
Standard error of the mean 0.93 0.89 1.31 0.65 0.80 0.86 1.42 0.58
Pakistani
Mean 66.1 78.5 [79.1] 72.5 65.1 71.9 [81.0] 68.7
Standard error of the mean 0.88 0.94 [2.02] 0.71 0.71 0.91 [2.50] 0.61
Bangladeshi
Mean 66.9 77.4 78.9 72.9 65.8 76.2 b 69.6
Standard error of the mean 0.95 1.32 1.67 0.80 0.67 1.36 b 0.67
Chinese
Mean 68.0 79.2 [78.9] 75.7 65.6 71.4 [80.9] 71.0
Standard error of the mean 1.52 1.34 [1.89] 0.97 1.27 0.90 [3.38] 0.82
Irish
Mean 68.8 78.5 79.0 76.3 66.5 72.3 75.5 71.8
Standard error of the mean 1.19 0.88 1.18 0.65 0.81 0.76 0.91 0.50
General population (1998)a
Mean 67.6 78.7 80.9 76.2 66.7 72.8 76.1 72.3
Standard error of the mean 0.26 0.25 0.29 0.17 0.22 0.23 0.27 0.15
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean 83 45 73 201 106 118 66 291
Indian 140 170 77 388 154 172 73 400
Pakistani 94 72 26 192 123 67 18 208
Bangladeshi 26 16 14 56 40 17 7 63
Chinese 17 27 11 56 19 43 9 70
Irish 234 465 292 990 357 612 404 1373
General population (1998) a a a a a a a a
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean 117 65 105 287 160 176 96 432
Indian 142 179 80 401 160 183 75 418
Pakistani 152 125 42 319 212 118 31 361
Bangladeshi 105 58 51 214 161 74 23 258
Chinese 55 80 38 173 59 130 30 219
Irish 75 154 110 339 118 199 143 460
General population (1998) 1578 1962 1861 5401 1834 2354 2295 6483


a 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.

b Results not shown because of small bases.


 

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