Table 2

Characteristics of women stratified by ethnicity N (%)

Ethnicity
WhiteBlack or Black British—CaribbeanBlack or Black British—AfricanAsian or Asian British—IndianAsian or Asian British—PakistaniAsian or Asian British—BangladeshiMixedOther
IMD quintile
 Most deprived 20%173 117 (20.1%)3338 (41.4%)10 814 (45.1%)7221 (20.3%)16 441 (49.8%)5479 (51.1%)6388 (29.7%)26 215 (28.9%)
 More deprived 20–40%182 043 (21.2%)2382 (29.5%)6834 (28.5%)9826 (27.6%)8359 (25.3%)2915 (27.2%)5400 (25.1%)24 518 (27.0%)
 Less deprived 40–60%180 926 (21.0%)1252 (15.5%)3226 (13.4%)7838 (22.0%)4186 (12.7%)1202 (11.2%)4032 (18.7%)17 741 (19.6%)
 Less deprived 60–80%173 348 (20.2%)727 (9.0%)1947 (8.1%)5864 (16.5%)2485 (7.5%)682 (6.4%)3280 (15.2%)12 778 (14.1%)
 Least deprived 80–100%150 829 (17.5%)372 (4.6%)1170 (4.9%)4808 (13.5%)1556 (4.7%)434 (4.1%)2411 (11.2%)9470 (10.4%)
Age group
 <2058 755 (6.8%)688 (8.5%)736 (3.1%)213 (0.6%)751 (2.3%)222 (2.1%)1799 (8.4%)3054 (3.4%)
 20–25169 709 (19.7%)2129 (26.4%)4482 (18.7%)3304 (9.3%)8615 (26.1%)2895 (27.0%)4553 (21.2%)14 362 (15.8%)
 25–30256 361 (29.8%)2297 (28.5%)8664 (36.1%)12 100 (34.0%)13 992 (42.4%)4736 (44.2%)5881 (27.3%)27 364 (30.2%)
 30–35255 669 (29.7%)1749 (21.7%)6580 (27.4%)14 405 (40.5%)6987 (21.2%)2177 (20.3%)6018 (28.0%)29 198 (32.2%)
 35–40100 368 (11.7%)932 (11.5%)2797 (11.7%)4685 (13.2%)2199 (6.7%)561 (5.2%)2728 (12.7%)13 778 (15.2%)
 >4019 401 (2.3%)276 (3.4%)732 (3.1%)850 (2.4%)483 (1.5%)121 (1.1%)532 (2.5%)2966 (3.3%)
Pre-existing medical conditions*106 525 (12.4%)1155 (14.3%)1616 (6.7%)2437 (6.9%)2664 (8.1%)747 (7.0%)2312 (10.7%)5525 (6.1%)
Pre-existing mental health condition*46 133 (5.4%)386 (4.8%)413 (1.7%)463 (1.3%)737 (2.2%)235 (2.2%)898 (4.2%)1649 (1.8%)
Obesity/overweight*185 452 (21.5%)2163 (26.8%)6213 (25.9%)4776 (13.4%)6911 (20.9%)1902 (17.7%)4330 (20.1%)12 909 (14.2%)
Substance misuse or smoking*104 395 (12.1%)792 (9.8%)709 (3.0%)1044 (2.9%)1450 (4.4%)430 (4.0%)2325 (10.8%)3807 (4.2%)
Total 860 263 (79.4%) 8071 (0.7%) 23 991 (2.2%) 35 557 (3.3%) 33 027 (3.0%) 10 712 (1.0%) 21 511 (2.0%) 90 722 (8.4%)
  • *See list of conditions included list in online supplemental table S2.

  • IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.