Table.
Distribution of discretionary point awards by ethnic group and sex for consultants in England and Wales and Scotland
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Race*
|
Sex†
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Non-white | Total | Ratio‡ (95% CI) | Male | Female | Total | Ratio§ (95% CI) | ||
| England and Wales | |||||||||
| No eligible for award | 16 411 | 2395 | 18 806 | — | 17 105 | 5284 | 22 389 | — | |
| No with award | 9 261 | 983 | 10 244 | — | 9 540 | 2351 | 11 891 | — | |
| % with award | 56.43 | 41.04 | — | 1.37 (1.31 to 1.44) | 55.77 | 44.49 | — | 1.25 (1.21 to 1.30) | |
| No with award beyond | |||||||||
| D1 | 7 414 | 706 | 8 120 | 1.53 (1.44 to 1.63) | 7 622 | 1732 | 9 354 | 1.36 (1.30 to 1.42) | |
| D2 | 5 361 | 459 | 5 820 | 1.70 (1.57 to 1.86) | 5 540 | 1124 | 6 664 | 1.52 (1.44 to 1.61) | |
| D3 | 4 222 | 326 | 4 548 | 1.89 (1.70 to 2.10) | 4 408 | 805 | 5 213 | 1.69 (1.58 to 1.81) | |
| D4 | 3 488 | 245 | 3 733 | 2.08 (1.84 to 2.35) | 3 643 | 627 | 4 270 | 1.79 (1.66 to 1.94) | |
| D5 | 1 319 | 70 | 1 389 | 2.75 (2.17 to 3.48) | 1 304 | 223 | 1 527 | 1.81 (1.57 to 2.08) | |
| D6 | 594 | 23 | 617 | 3.77 (2.49 to 5.70) | 577 | 96 | 673 | 1.86 (1.50 to 2.03) | |
| D7 | 235 | 10 | 245 | 3.43 (1.82 to 6.45) | 229 | 45 | 274 | 1.57 (1.14 to 2.16) | |
| Mean age (years) | 36.3 | 39.0 | — | — | 36.7 | 37.1 | — | — | |
| Scotland | |||||||||
| No eligible for award | 2 533 | 140 | 2 673 | — | 2 087 | 677 | 2 764 | — | |
| No with award | 1 310 | 54 | 1 364 | — | 1 136 | 270 | 1 406 | — | |
| % with award | 51.7 | 38.5 | — | 1.34 (1.08 to 1.66) | 54.4 | 39.9 | — | 1.36 (1.23 to 1.51) | |
| No with award beyond | |||||||||
| D1 | 984 | 29 | 1 013 | 1.88 (1.35 to 2.60) | 869 | 174 | 1 043 | 1.62 (1.41 to 1.86) | |
| D2 | 707 | 19 | 726 | 2.06 (1.35 to 3.14) | 635 | 103 | 738 | 2 (1.65 to 2.42) | |
| D3 | 503 | 6 | 509 | 4.63 (2.11 to 10.18) | 457 | 66 | 523 | 2.25 (1.76 to 2.86) | |
| D4 | 394 | 4 | 398 | 5.44 (2.06 to 14.36) | 359 | 50 | 409 | 2.33 (1.76 to 3.09) | |
| Mean age (years) | 35.4 | 40.4 | — | — | 35.7 | 35.5 | — | — | |
*
In England and Wales, 2425 consultants, and in Scotland, 91 consultants did not give their ethnic group and we classified 1172 as “other ethnic group.”
†
In England and Wales, 14 consultants did not provide information.
‡
In England and Wales, χ2 for the linear trend was 316 (P<0.0001); in Scotland χ2 was 35 (P<0.0001).
§
In England and Wales, χ2 for the linear trend was 347 (P<0.0001); in Scotland χ2 was 79 (P<0.0001).