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. 2012 Jan 23;12:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-3

Table 2.

Sensitivity, Specificity and Positive Predictive Value of NBSS-derived Ethnicity for Breast Cancer Cases

Ethnic group recorded in HES Number of cases recorded in HES NBSS
Sensitivity Specificity Positive predictive value
White 5093 99.7% 77.3% 99.3%
South Asian 82 90.0% 99.8% 87.1%
Black 44 61.4% 99.9% 79.4%
Chinese/Other 14 0.0% 100.0%
Mixed 10 0.0% 100.0%

Includes 5243 cases where ethnic group was recorded in both HES and NBSS datasets. Individual logistic models (positive outcome threshold: p > = 0.5).