Distribution of participants from the Health Survey for England 1999 and 2004 by type of area (n=30 803 individuals)
| Caribbean no (%) | African no (%) | Indian no (%) | Pakistani no (%) | White no (%) | |
| White area | 633 (18.3) | 199 (14.4) | 1030 (30.7) | 543 (15.1) | 14072 (89.4) |
| Mixed area | 906 (26.2) | 273 (19.8) | 853 (25.4) | 966 (26.9) | 1115 (7.1) |
| Black area | 1535 (44.4) | 617 (48.7) | 514 (15.3) | 415 (11.6) | 429 (2.7) |
| Indian area | 200 (5.8) | 57 (4.1) | 842 (25.1) | 363 (10.1) | 44 (0.3) |
| Pakistani and Bangladeshi area | 182 (5.3) | 178 (12.9) | 114 (3.4) | 1301 (36.3) | 74 (0.5) |