Table 1

Categories of ethnic group used in the census and in analyses

Census category	% of population* in census group	Data recorded by clinics	Study category
*Population at 1991 census. From Annual Report of the Director of Public Health.¹²
White	74.3	White ethnicity
		White race	White
		European, North American, Australian, or New Zealand nationality, or country of birth
Black Caribbean	10.4	Black Caribbean ethnicity	Black Caribbean
		West Indian nationality or country of birth
Black African	5.8	Black African ethnicity	Black African
		African nationality or country of birth
Black other	2.5	Black other ethnicity	Black other
		Afro-Caribbean ethnicity
		Black race
Indian	1.5	Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi ethnicity, nationality of country of birth
Pakistani	0.5
Bangladeshi	0.6
Chinese	1.2	Chinese ethnicity, nationality, or country of birth	Asian/other
Other Asian	1.2	All other Asian ethnicity, nationality, or country of birth
Other	1.9	All other ethnic groups, nationalities, or countries of birth