Table 9.4

Fat and fibre intake, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over with valid scores								1999
Fat/fibre scores	Age group
	Men				Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men	16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	63	76	70	69	60	78	85	72
Medium (30-40)	22	15	21	19	23	18	14	19
High (over 40)	15	10	9	12	17	5	2	9
Mean fat scorea	27	25	27	27	29	23	21	25
Standard error of the mean	1.1	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.6
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	71	62	58	64	67	65	45	62
Medium (30-40)	18	14	26	20	25	27	31	27
High (over 40)	11	24	16	16	9	8	24	12
Mean fibre score	26	30	29	28	26	26	32	27
Standard error of the mean	1.4	1.8	1.4	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.7	0.7
Indian
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	57	74	70	67	65	[78]	[84]	73
Medium (30-40)	25	20	24	22	24	[16]	[10]	19
High (over 40)	18	6	6	11	10	[6]	[7]	8
Mean fat scorea	30	24	27	27	27	[23]	[22]	25
Standard error of the mean	1.2	0.9	1.7	0.7	1.0	[1.0]	[1.4]	0.6
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	38	45	[28]	40	50	[37]	[32]	42
Medium (30-40)	33	29	[29]	31	31	[38]	[37]	35
High (over 40)	29	26	[43]	30	18	[26]	[30]	23
Mean fibre score	35	32	[40]	34	31	[34]	[33]	33
Standard error of the mean	1.6	1.1	[2.2]	0.9	1.3	[1.1]	[1.6]	0.8
Pakistani
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	55	64	b	58	63	68	b	65
Medium (30-40)	28	20	b	25	23	21	b	22
High (over 40)	17	16	b	17	15	11	b	13
Mean fat scorea	30	27	b	29	28	26	b	27
Standard error of the mean	1.1	1.2	b	0.8	1.0	1.3	b	0.8
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	62	62	b	60	72	[54]	b	66
Medium (30-40)	16	23	b	19	20	[37]	b	24
High (over 40)	22	16	b	21	7	[9]	b	10
Mean fibre score	28	31	b	30	26	[29]	b	27
Standard error of the mean	1.4	1.6	b	1.0	1.0	[1.3]	b	0.8
Bangladeshi
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	40	[51]	b	47	37	b	b	41
Medium (30-40)	47	[18]	b	32	36	b	b	32
High (over 40)	14	[31]	b	21	27	b	b	27
Mean fat scorea	33	[32]	b	32	37	b	b	35
Standard error of the mean	1.5	[2.4]	b	1.2	1.7	b	b	1.5
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	90	[54]	b	79	78	b	b	82
Medium (30-40)	8	[37]	b	17	17	b	b	13
High (over 40)	2	[9]	b	4	5	b	b	5
Mean fibre score	20	[24]	b	22	21	b	b	20
Standard error of the mean	0.9	[1.8]	b	0.8	1.0	b	b	0.9
Chinese
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	[50]	[60]	b	57	[63]	78	b	72
Medium (30-40)	[34]	[31]	b	32	[27]	14	b	19
High (over 40)	[16]	[9]	b	12	[11]	8	b	9
Mean fat scorea	[31]	[28]	b	29	[30]	25	b	27
Standard error of the mean	[1.7]	[1.8]	b	1.1	[1.7]	1.0	b	0.9
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	[82]	[62]	b	72	[80]	66	b	73
Medium (30-40)	[16]	[31]	b	24	[17]	27	b	21
High (over 40)	[2]	[7]	b	5	[3]	8	b	6
Mean fibre score	[23]	[27]	b	25	[24]	26	b	25
Standard error of the mean	[1.4]	[1.7]	b	1.0	[1.5]	1.2	b	0.9
Irish
Fat scorea
Low (under 30)	45	46	37	44	62	67	55	62
Medium (30-40)	29	35	36	34	27	22	24	24
High (over 40)	27	18	27	22	11	11	22	14
Mean fat scorea	32	32	35	33	29	28	31	29
Standard error of the mean	1.7	1.0	1.5	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.6
Fibre score
Low (under 30)	57	56	44	53	46	38	41	41
Medium (30-40)	27	29	31	29	32	38	35	35
High (over 40)	16	16	25	18	23	25	24	24
Mean fibre score	29	31	33	31	32	34	34	33
Standard error of the mean	1.9	1.0	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.3	0.7
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean
Fat	62	47	47	156	89	82	43	214
Fibre	66	40	55	161	92	87	48	227
Indian
Fat	103	126	48	277	127	120	44	291
Fibre	100	109	44	252	101	101	36	238
Pakistani
Fat	78	56	15	149	89	43	9	141
Fibre	59	42	11	112	83	27	12	122
Bangladeshi
Fat	16	11	5	32	19	4	1	25
Fibre	20	9	5	34	25	7	3	35
Chinese
Fat	12	16	4	32	14	27	5	46
Fibre	11	10	4	25	12	23	3	39
Irish
Fat	226	465	230	921	317	514	304	1135
Fibre	163	401	222	786	359	441	268	1067
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean
Fat	89	70	62	221	130	119	61	310
Fibre	95	59	78	232	139	127	72	338
Indian
Fat	109	139	53	301	133	137	49	319
Fibre	105	113	46	264	111	109	37	257
Pakistani
Fat	129	93	25	247	153	77	17	247
Fibre	99	73	20	192	140	49	22	211
Bangladeshi
Fat	57	33	15	105	64	18	4	86
Fibre	75	31	21	127	97	29	8	134
Chinese
Fat	37	49	14	100	42	84	16	142
Fibre	36	31	14	81	38	75	11	124
Irish
Fat	77	151	82	310	108	172	113	393
Fibre	57	128	74	259	118	143	92	353

^a Adjusted for energy requirement.

^b Results not shown because of small bases. continued..

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