Table 3

Ethnic differences in use of health services, with adjustments for self-assessed health and limiting longstanding illness

	White	Irish	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese
Total
Visited GP in last 2 weeks	1	1.03 (0.84 to 1.26)	1.18 (1.00 to 1.41)	1.29 (1.07 to 1.54)	1.32 (1.10 to 1.58)	1.35 (1.10 to 1.65)	0.80 (0.61 to 1.05)
Visits dentist at least occasionally	1	0.84 (0.72 to 0.99)	0.58 (0.50 to 0.67)	0.41 (0.36 to 0.48)	0.41 (0.35 to 0.47)	0.20 (0.16 to 0.24)	0.42 (0.35 to 0.50)
Out- or day-patient hospital visit in last year	1	1.02 (0.88 to 1.18)	1.03 (0.88 to 1.20)	0.83 (0.71 to 0.97)	0.59 (0.50 to 0.70)	0.56 (0.46 to 0.69)	0.64 (0.51 to 0.80)
In-patient hospital visit in last year	1	1.04 (0.83 to 1.31)	0.79 (0.61 to 1.01)	0.85 (0.68 to 1.08)	1.04 (0.81 to 1.33)	0.72 (0.54 to 0.96)	0.47 (0.30 to 0.72)
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, gender, self-assessed health and limiting longstanding illness.