Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2002

Table 12.1: Number and percentage of patients with tuberculosis and rates per 100,000 population by ethnic origin in the West Midlands, 2001.



Ethnic Group
No.
%
Rate*

Bangladeshi

27

 3.8

139.1

Black African

41

 5.7

770.1

Black Caribbean

43

 6.0

 55.1

Black Other

1

 0.1

  5.3

Chinese

5

 0.7

 52.0

Indian

184

25.6

115.9

Mixed/Other

21

 2.9

 86.2

Pakistani

176

24.5

178.5

White

221

30.7

  4.7

Total**

719

100.0

 14.0

       

* Ethnic populations from Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators 2000 (DoH, December 2000, Crown Copyright)

** Excludes 12 of unknown ethnicity



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