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. 1999 Jun 19;318(7199):1696. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7199.1696

Table.

Respondents’ descriptions of their ethnic origin by 1991 census category (15 missing values). Figures are numbers (percentages)

Self description Ethnicity according to 1991 census categories
Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other
Indian 81 (62) 2 (5)
British/English/Anglo Indian 12 (9)  2 (11)
Indian Christian 1 (1)
Kashmiri Indian 1 (1)
Born in India but lived in Pakistan 1 (1)
Pakistani 29 (67) 1 (1) 1 (5)
Sikh 12 (9)  5 (26)
British Sikh 2 (2) 1 (5)
Indian Sikh 2 (2) 1 (5)
Bangladeshi 1 (2) 118 (94)
Bengali 5 (4)
British Bengali 1 (5)
Muslim 1 (1) 2 (5) 1 (1) 1 (5)
Kashmiri Muslim 2 (2) 1 (5)
British Muslim 1 (2)
British 6 (5)  5 (12) 1 (1)
British/English Asian 4 (3) 3 (7)  5 (26)
Asian 4 (3) 1 (5)
Black or Asian 1 (1) 1 (5)
Total 130 (41) 43 (13) 126 (39) 20 (6)