Table 2

Ethnic differences in use of health services

	White	Irish	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese
Visited GP in last 2 weeks	1	1.10 (0.90 to 1.33)	1.36 (1.16 to 1.61)	1.45 (1.21 to 1.73)	1.58 (1.33 to 1.87)	1.78 (1.46 to 2.17)	0.79 (0.60 to 1.02)
Visits dentist at least occasionally	1	0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)	0.55 (0.48 to 0.64)	0.38 (0.33 to 0.43)	0.37 (0.32 to 0.43)	0.17 (0.14 to 0.21)	0.40 (0.34 to 0.48)
Out- or day-patient hospital visit in last year	1	1.05 (0.91 to 1.21)	1.16 (1.01 to 1.33)	0.94 (0.81 to 1.09)	0.78 (0.67 to 0.91)	0.82 (0.68 to 0.99)	0.62 (0.50 to 0.76)
In-patient hospital visit in last year	1	1.08 (0.86 to 1.35)	0.94 (0.74 to 1.18)	1.01 (0.81 to 1.26)	1.43 (1.15 to 1.79)	1.10 (0.85 to 1.44)	0.47 (0.31 to 0.71)
N for GP and dentist visits	7102	1160	1251	1248	1255	1090	654
N for hospital visits	7354	1545	1646	1581	1516	1288	794

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals compared with white, adjusted for age and gender.