Table 4 Chi-square comparison of offered and uptake rates of NHS Health Checks by letter invitation method for male and female patients by ethnicity

White: British

43.78

7.7

672/1853

0.36

(0.34–0.39)

***

47.72 %

10.5

794/2112

0.38

(0.36–0.40)

***

White: Irish

2.48

2.3

38/94

0.40

(0.31–0.51)

*

3.13 %

4.3

52/109

0.48

(0.39–0.57)

***

White: other

8.99

-6.5

138/713

0.19

(0.27–0.22)

***

8.53 %

-4.4

142/649

0.22

(0.19–0.25)

***

White/Black Caribbean

1.30

2.7

20/41

0.49

(0.34–0.64)

**

1.14 %

2.3

19/42

0.45

(0.31–0.60)

*

White/Black African

0.78

-0.2

12/42

0.29

(0.17–0.43)

NS

0.90 %

1.8

15/35

0.43

(0.27–0.59)

NS

White/Asian

0.46

2.8

7/10

0.70

(0.40–0.92)

**

0.24 %

0.7

4/10

0.40

(0.15–0.70)

NS

Mixed: Other

0.39

-0.7

6/26

0.23

(0.10–0.41)

NS

0.06 %

-2.4

1/20

0.05

(0.00–0.20)

*

Indian

4.89

2.6

75/197

0.38

(0.32–0.45)

**

5.35 %

4.7

89/201

0.44

(0.38–0.51)

***

Pakistani

3.13

-1.9

48/201

0.24

(0.18–0.30)

NS

1.86 %

-2.3

31/149

0.21

(0.15–0.28)

*

Bangladeshi

5.02

0.7

77/242

0.32

(0.26–0.38)

NS

3.37 %

2.3

56/148

0.38

(0.30–0.46)

*

Asian: Other

1.63

-0.3

25/88

0.28

(0.20–0.38)

NS

1.44 %

0.3

24/78

0.31

(0.20–0.40)

NS

Caribbean

4.30

2.4

66/174

0.38

(0.31–0.45)

*

5.41 %

5.1

90/197

0.46

(0.39–0.53)

***

African

4.82

-2.8

74/324

0.23

(0.19–0.28)

**

4.45 %

-2.4

74/316

0.23

(0.19–0.28)

*

Black: Other

0.59

-1.1

9/41

0.22

(0.11–0.36)

NS

0.60 %

0.0

10/34

0.29

(0.16–0.46)

NS

Chinese

0.52

1.2

8/19

0.42

(0.22–0.64)

NS

0.48 %

2.6

8/13

0.62

(0.35–0.84)

**

Other

7.74

-0.3

119/409

0.29

(0.29–0.25)

NS

5.89 %

0.6

98/319

0.31

(0.26–0.36)

NS

Not stated

9.18

-5.7

141/687

0.07

(0.06–0.08)

***

9.43 %

-14.6

157/1243

0.13

(0.11–0.15)

***

Total

100

1535/ 5161

100 %

1664/5675