Table A2.
Weighted prevalence of chronic diseases by ethnicity.
| No CDs (78.3%), % |
CDs (21.7%), % |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White † | 76.72 | 23.28 | - |
| Aboriginal | 74.47 | 25.53 | 0.446 |
| South Asian | 80.85 | 19.15 | 0.309 |
| Chinese | 86.08 | 13.92 | 0.014 |
| Black | 89.33 | 10.67 | 0.002 |
| Filipino | 89.77 | 10.23 | 0.011 |
| Latin American | 86.48 | 13.52 | 0.155 |
| Arab | 88.92 | 11.08 | 0.049 |
| Southeast Asian | 83.78 | 16.22 | 0.137 |
| West Asian | 90.89 | 9.11 | 0.196 |
| Japanese | 60.2 | 39.8 | 0.141 |
| Multiple ethnicities | 72.13 | 27.87 | 0.250 |
| Other ethnicities | 84.05 | 15.95 | <0.001 |
CDs (chronic diseases): at least one of the listed CDs (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, asthma, and inflammatory lung diseases). † Reference value; p ≤ 0.05. Data for Koreans were insufficient for analysis.