Table 3

Referral outcome by ethnicity and age

Ethnicity	0–4				5–19				20–29				30–39				40–59				60+
Ethnicity	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R		Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R
White British	39 613	82.3	6.79	***	26 890	87.4	15.2	***	37 087	84.8	18.0	***	26 084	83.0	11.2	***	36 165	89.0	7.5	***	38 490	92.9	1.9	NS
White Irish	131	0.3	−1.9	NS	99	0.3	−0.9	NS	231	0.5	−2.0	*	232	0.7	−0.9	NS	320	0.8	−1.5	NS	521	1.3	1.1	NS
White: other	1305	2.7	−7.2	***	502	1.6	−7.0	***	1327	3.0	−11.0	***	1339	4.3	−7.3	***	907	2.2	−3.7	***	696	1.7	−3.4	***
Mixed: Caribbean	598	1.2	0.7	NS	278	0.9	−2.0	*	273	0.6	−1.6	NS	131	0.4	−1.2	NS	123	0.3	−0.4	NS	34	0.1	−0.7	NS
Mixed: African	425	0.9	1..5	NS	186	0.6	−1.1	NS	178	0.4	−1.1	NS	83	0.3	−1.8	NS	86	0.2	−0.3	NS	18	0.0	−0.3	NS
Mixed: Asian	475	1.0	−0.2	NS	183	0.6	−2.1	***	161	0.4	−1.6	NS	116	0.4	−0.2	NS	80	0.2	−1.7	NS	27	0.1	−0.9	NS
Mixed: Other	1090	2.3	−1.8	NS	464	1.5	0.3	NS	374	0.9	−1.5	NS	219	0.7	−0.2	NS	159	0.4	−1.6	NS	50	0.1	−0.9	NS
Asian: Indian	1001	2.1	−7.7	***	507	1.6	−6.9	***	926	2.1	−9.7	***	908	2.9	−5.2	***	778	1.9	−3.3	***	520	1.3	0.0	NS
Asian: Pakistani	1157	2.4	1.8	***	574	1.9	−3.1	**	976	2.2	−4.7	***	682	2.2	−1.8	NS	554	1.4	0.0	NS	276	0.7	0.5	NS
Asian: Bangladeshi	337	0.7	3.2	**	132	0.4	−3.1	**	245	0.6	−2.2	*	161	0.5	−0.3	NS	117	0.3	2.8	*	82	0.2	3.0	**
Asian: other	421	0.9	−1.52	NS	150	0.5	−6.9	***	346	0.8	−4.0	***	296	0.9	−3.0	**	224	0.6	34.6	***	130	0.3	−0.6	NS
Black: Caribbean	353	0.7	0.0	NS	278	0.9	−2.0	*	451	1.0	−0.8	NS	277	0.9	−1.6	NS	406	1.0	−3.2	**	219	0.5	1.2	NS
Black: African	494	1.0	0.4	NS	197	0.6	−5.8	***	437	1.0	−2.8	*	337	1.1	−2.8	*	240	0.6	−2.3	*	58	0.1	−0.3	NS
Black: other	171	0.4	0.8	NS	93	0.3	−2.6	*	148	0.3	−1.6	NS	94	0.3	−1.0	NS	109	0.3	−1.4	NS	34	0.1	0.1	NS
Chinese	102	0.2	−2.1	*	43	0.1	−2.3	*	96	0.2	−5.2	***	100	0.3	−1.6	NS	50	0.1	−2.9	**	39	0.1	0.0	NS
Other	458	1.0	−2.8	**	194	0.6	−4.7	***	464	1.1	−4.3	***	374	1.2	−3.0	**	320	0.8	−1.7	NS	217	0.5	−0.4	NS
Total	48 131	100			30 770	100			43 720	100			31 433	100			40 638	100			41 411	100

*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; NS, not significant at p>0.05.