Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population

	Census		First asthma admissions and deaths		Male		Female		% Female in each group	First asthma admissions incidence from 2001
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	%	n	%
White Scottish	4,088,125	88.6	102,285	89.9	41,955	89.8	60,330	89.9	59.0 %	86,930	89.9
Other White British	334,985	7.3	7,555	6.6	3,005	6.4	4,550	6.8	60.2 %	6,515	6.7
White Irish	43,505	0.9	985	0.9	390	0.8	590	0.9	60.2 %	825	0.9
Other White	65,655	1.4	1,030	0.9	410	0.9	620	0.9	60.2 %	895	0.9
Any mixed background	11,110	0.2	265	0.2	115	0.2	150	0.2	56.6 %	220	0.2
Indian	12,335	0.3	305	0.3	160	0.3	150	0.2	48.4 %	225	0.2
Pakistani	25,630	0.6	840	0.7	415	0.9	420	0.6	50.3 %	655	0.7
Other South Asian	6,510	0.1	155	0.1	80	0.2	75	0.1	48.4 %	135	0.1
African origin	6,335	0.1	120	0.1	50	0.1	70	0.1	58.3 %	105	0.1
Chinese	13,205	0.3	145	0.1	75	0.2	70	0.1	48.3 %	120	0.1
All other ethnic groups	7,715	0.2	105	0.1	50	0.1	55	0.1	52.4 %	90	0.1
Total	4,615,105		113,790		46,710		67,080		59.0 %	96,710