Crude and adjusted predictors of discordant hospital record ethnicity coding
| Total respondents | Total discordant | Crude OR of discordance | Joint p value | Adjusted OR | Joint p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Per cent | n | Per cent | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 16–24 | 399 | 0.7 | 30 | 7.5 | 1.77 (1.28–2.46) | <0.0001 | 0.90 (0.55–1.48) | 0.54 |
| 25–34 | 950 | 1.6 | 93 | 9.8 | 2.37 (1.86–3.01) | 0.94 (0.71–1.26) | ||
| 35–44 | 3139 | 5.3 | 231 | 7.4 | 1.73 (1.51–1.99) | 1.02 (0.84–1.23) | ||
| 45–54 | 7763 | 13.2 | 484 | 6.2 | 1.45 (1.30–1.61) | 1.12 (0.97–1.29) | ||
| 55–64 | 15 375 | 26.2 | 743 | 4.8 | 1.11 (0.99–1.23) | 1.11 (0.98–1.25) | ||
| 65–74 | 18 366 | 31.3 | 805 | 4.4 | reference | reference | ||
| 75–84 | 10 747 | 18.3 | 412 | 3.8 | 0.87 (0.76–0.99) | 0.99 (0.86–1.14) | ||
| 85+ | 1982 | 3.4 | 80 | 4.0 | 0.92 (0.71–1.18) | 1.08 (0.83–1.42) | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Men | 27 395 | 46.7 | 1268 | 4.6 | reference | 0.014 | reference | 0.69 |
| Women | 31 326 | 53.3 | 1610 | 5.1 | 1.12 (1.02–1.22) | 1.02 (0.93–1.12) | ||
| Deprivation | ||||||||
| Lowest | 13 301 | 22.7 | 488 | 3.7 | reference | <0.0001 | reference | 0.69 |
| 2 | 13 432 | 22.9 | 509 | 3.8 | 1.03 (0.91–1.18) | 1.04 (0.90–1.2) | ||
| 3 | 12 498 | 21.3 | 559 | 4.5 | 1.23 (1.05–1.44) | 0.99 (0.85–1.14) | ||
| 4 | 10 756 | 18.3 | 652 | 6.1 | 1.69 (1.36–2.11) | 1.03 (0.89–1.2) | ||
| Highest | 8734 | 14.9 | 670 | 7.7 | 2.18 (1.68–2.84) | 0.94 (0.80–1.11) | ||
| Ethnic group | ||||||||
| British (White) | 54 589 | 93.0 | 1177 | 2.2 | reference | <0.0001 | reference | <0.0001 |
| Irish (White) | 938 | 1.6 | 490 | 52.2 | 49.63 (32.72–75.28) | 47.73 (41.00–55.55) | ||
| Any other White background | 1066 | 1.8 | 485 | 45.5 | 37.88 (24.95–57.52) | 36.49 (31.52–42.25) | ||
| White and Black Caribbean (Mixed) | 72 | 0.1 | 50 | 69.4 | 103.14 (55.73–190.86) | 109.97 (64.65–187.04) | ||
| White and Black African (Mixed) | 41 | 0.1 | 33 | 80.5 | 187.19 (90.23–388.35) | 202.59 (90.28–454.64) | ||
| White and Asian (Mixed) | 77 | 0.1 | 65 | 84.4 | 245.81 (125.89–479.94) | 283.62 (149.43–538.33) | ||
| Any other Mixed background | 49 | 0.1 | 43 | 87.8 | 325.22 (124.17–851.84) | 399.68 (166.26–960.79) | ||
| Indian (Asian or Asian British) | 516 | 0.9 | 101 | 19.6 | 11.04 (7.16–17.04) | 8.06 (6.33–10.27) | ||
| Pakistani (Asian or Asian British) | 206 | 0.4 | 46 | 22.3 | 13.05 (8.39–20.28) | 10.26 (7.19–14.66) | ||
| Bangladeshi (Asian or Asian British) | 50 | 0.1 | 13 | 26.0 | 15.94 (7.44–34.18) | 12.02 (6.17–23.41) | ||
| Any other Asian background | 129 | 0.2 | 57 | 44.2 | 35.93 (20.28–63.63) | 30.42 (20.94–44.2) | ||
| Caribbean (Black or Black British) | 471 | 0.8 | 136 | 28.9 | 18.42 (12.64–26.85) | 10.37 (8.21–13.10) | ||
| African (Black or Black British) | 319 | 0.5 | 111 | 34.8 | 24.22 (16.97–34.56) | 15.54 (11.9–20.28) | ||
| Any other Black background | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 90.0 | 408.42 (49.3–3383.53) | 410.23 (49.73–3384.32) | ||
| Chinese (other ethnic group) | 124 | 0.2 | 30 | 24.2 | 14.48 (8.77–23.92) | 10.66 (6.86–16.57) | ||
| Any other ethnic group | 64 | 0.1 | 32 | 50.0 | 45.38 (27.55–74.75) | 34.04 (20.05–57.79) | ||
| Hospital | ||||||||
| OR 95% reference range | 158 | – | 30.48 | <0.0001 | 12.85 | <0.0001 | ||