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. 2016 Jan 20;15:13. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0303-2

Table 3.

Chi-square comparison of offered and uptake rates of NHS Health Checks for eligible male patients

Ethnic Group Males Females
% ASR Offered/Uptake % Uptake Rate CI Sig % ASR Offered/Uptake % Uptake Rate CI Sig
White: British 42.45 20.4 1133/1980 0.57 (0.55–0.59) * 45.91 14 1393/2268 0.61 (0.59–0.63) ***
White: Irish 2.52 5.4 67/105 0.64 (0.54–0.73) *** 2.83 5 86/119 0.72 (0.64–0.80) ***
White: other 7.79 -7.0 208/774 0.27 (0.24–0.30) *** 8.0 -8.6 243/704 0.35 (0.31–0.38) ***
White/Black Caribbean 0.97 3.0 26/43 0.60 (0.46–0.74) ** 1.19 3.7 36/47 0.77 (0.63–0.87) ***
White/Black African 0.86 1.6 23/46 0.50 (0.36–0.64) NS 0.92 2.8 28/39 0.72 (0.57–0.84) **
White/Asian 0.37 3.6 10/11 0.91 (0.66–0.99) *** 0.16 -0.3 5/11 0.45 (0.19–0.74) NS
Mixed: Other 0.45 0.5 12/28 0.43 (0.26–0.61) NS 0.40 0.0 12/24 0.50 (0.31–0.69) NS
Indian 4.76 6.8 127/208 0.61 (0.54–0.68) *** 5.70 8.0 173/228 0.76 (0.70–0.81) ***
Pakistani 3.33 1.3 89/209 0.43 (0.36–0.49) NS 2.83 2.5 86/143 0.60 (0.52–0.68) **
Bangladeshi 5.32 4.3 142/280 0.51 (0.45–0.57) *** 3.30 2.2 100/173 0.58 (0.50–0.65) *
Asian: Other 2.10 4.0 56/97 0.58 (0.48–0.67) *** 1.38 -0.1 42/85 0.49 (0.39–0.60) NS
Caribbean 4.80 8.7 128/185 0.69 (0.62–0.76) *** 4.88 6.2 148/209 0.71 (0.64–0.77) ***
African 4.65 -0.9 124/345 0.36 (0.31–0.41) NS 4.65 -2.9 141/336 0.42 (0.37–0.47) **
Black: Other 0.56 -0.8 15/46 0.33 (0.20–0.47) NS 0.56 -0.5 17/37 0.46 (0.31–0.62) NS
Chinese 0.52 2.7 14/21 0.67 (0.45–0.84) ** 0.43 % 3.2 13/14 0.93 (0.72–0.99) ***
Other 8.84 5.4 236/471 0.50 (0.46–0.55) *** 6.61 % 2.8 200/351 0.57 (0.52–0.62) **
Not stated 8.54 -29.5 259/2113 0.12 (0.11–0.14) *** 2.21 % -21.3 311/1313 0.24 (0.21–0.26) ***
Total 100 % 2669/6962 100 % 3034/6101

***p < .001 **p < .01 *p < .05 NS p > .05