Table 2

Percentage of persons in selected category of demographic factors, health status and socioeconomic status, by ethnic group, standardised for age and sex, total population (n=2012)

Indigenous Surinam Netherlands Antilles Turkey Morocco Total
Number 142213925851292012
Demographic factors
<35 years old46.645.348.0 62.4 48.147.1
>55 years old18.3 10.1 4.0 3.5 7.0 15.0
men44.0 32.4 40.051.8 58.1 44.9
Health status
‘less than good’ self rated health22.5 29.6 17.8 48.4 41.7 25.9
⩾5 health complaints31.1 35.3 25.7 61.8 54.5 36.4
⩾1 chronic conditions22.524.413.5 41.4 42.5 25.0
>1 days ill in bed11.58.27.916.7 17.6 12.0
Socioeconomic status
Primary education only23.428.325.1 80.2 60.5 30.3
Lowest income group27.9 47.4 26.0 51.2 44.6 33.0
Lowest occupational level21.524.213.0 54.7 54.7 24.8
  • Percentages that are statistically significantly different from the indigenous population are printed in italic (assessed with χ2, p<0.05).