Table 2.

Association between ethnic density (10% increase) and suicidal ideation, hypertension and poor self-rated health among Caribbean American and Caribbean English people.

	Caribbean American		Caribbean English
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
	O.R. (95% C.I.)	O.R. (95% C.I.)	O.R. (95% C.I.)	O.R. (95% C.I.)
Black ethnic density^a
Suicidal ideation	0.96 (0.91–1.07)	1.01 (0.92–1.12)	0.98 (0.79–1.22)	0.83 (0.56–1.21)
Hypertension	0.95 (0.89–1.01)	0.95 (0.89–1.02)	0.93 (0.77–1.11)	0.67 (0.43–1.05)
Poor self-rated health	1.03 (0.97–1.10)	1.08 (1.01–1.16)^*	1.02 (0.85–1.23)	0.89 (0.60–1.34)
Caribbean ethnic density^b
Suicidal ideation	0.85 (0.71–1.02)	0.86 (0.71–1.06)	1.07 (0.67–1.69)	1.51 (0.66–3.47)
Hypertension	0.93 (0.82–1.05)	0.97 (0.85–1.11)	1.02 (0.69–1.51)	2.11 (0.94–4.71)
Poor self-rated health	0.87 (0.76–0.98)^*	0.82 (0.72–0.94)^**	1.12 (0.79–1.58)	1.36 (0.62–2.96)

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^†

p < 0.001.

Model 1 adjusts for sex, age, marital status, generation, household income, education, employment status, and area deprivation.

Model 2 additionally adjusts for Caribbean ethnic density.

Model 2 additionally adjusts for black ethnic density.