Table 1 Sample description and new/first consultations for asthma episodes (incidence) by ethnicity and place of birth
Ethnicity | Country of birth | Total number of patients (%) | Mean age, years (sd) | Asthma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total consultations/1000 patient years | New/first Consultations/1000 patient years | ||||||
Unadjusted | Unadjusted | Age-adjusted | |||||
Mean | Mean | Mean | 95%CI | ||||
Whites | UK | 393,300 (78.3) | 36 (23) | 35.7 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 26.2 to 26.8 |
Non-UK | 12,247 (2.4) | 43 (21) | 29.3 | 19.8 | 24.9 | 23.3 to 26.4 | |
Total | 405,547 (80.7) | 37 (23) | 35.5 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 26.4 to 26.4 | |
South Asians | UK | 2,187 (0.4) | 12 (11) | 54.5 | 46.3 | 34.7 | 26.0 to 43.5 |
Non-UK | 3,501 (0.7) | 38 (16) | 27.6 | 24.6 | 23.7 | 20.2 to 27.3 | |
Total | 5,688 (1.1) | 28 (19) | 37.9 | 32.9 | 30.4 | 30.3 to 30.5 | |
Afro-Caribbeans | UK | 1,428 (0.3) | 19 (15) | 61.2 | 52.3 | 39.2 | 31.5 to 46.8 |
Non-UK | 1,080 (0.2) | 40 (16) | 28.0 | 22.0 | 20.4 | 14.2 to 26.5 | |
Total | 2,508 (0.5) | 28 (19) | 47.0 | 39.3 | 35.1 | 34.9 to 35.3 | |
Others | UK | 932 (0.2) | 13 (13) | 73.0 | 38.2 | 30.9 | 18.6 to 43.1 |
Non-UK | 853 (0.2) | 32 (16) | 27.8 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 23.2 to 37.4 | |
Total | 1,785 (0.4) | 22 (18) | 51.9 | 33.4 | 27.8 | 27.7 to 28.0 | |
Missing | 86,954 (17.3) | 36 (21) | 16.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 to 13.8 | |
Total | 502,482 (100) | 36 (23) | 35.7 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 24.3 to 25.2 | |