Table 2 .

First acute myocardial infarction directly standardised rates and rate ratios (per year, per 100 000) with 95% CI 1 May 2001 to 30 April 2008 in people ≥30 years, by ethnic group (women)

Ethnic group women	Events (n)		Directly standardised rate*
		(n)	Rate and 95% CI		Rate ratio and 95% CI
White Scottish	33 969	1 408 662	344.5	340.9 to 348.0	100.0
Other white British	2044	127 256	249.4	238.9 to 260.0	72.4	69.3 to 75.6
White Irish	490	17 927	327.2	299.0 to 355.4	95.0	86.7 to 103.2
Other white	315	21 210	278.7	248.2 to 309.3	80.9	72.0 to 89.8
Any mixed background	33	1849	414.0	277.8 to 550.2	120.2	80.6 to 159.7
Indian	35	2825	425.5	277.1 to 573.9	123.5	80.4 to 166.6
Pakistani	65	4963	445.3	306.1 to 584.6	129.3	88.8 to 169.7
Other South Asian	23	1324	526.8	321.6 to 732.0	153.3	89.4 to 217.2
African	16	1504	418.0	209.6 to 626.4	121.3	60.8 to 181.9
Chinese	21	3250	245.6	135.6 to 355.6	71.3	39.4 to 103.2
Other ethnic group	13	2248	417.5	197.9 to 637.2	121.2	57.4 to 185.0

*Age standardised to white Scottish population.