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8.2 Risk Factors for Different Black and Minority Ethnic groups
8.2.1 Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
The main risk factors for poor health have also been examined for different black and
minority ethnic (BME) groups participating in the BME Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007
(see section 13.2.1.3 on page 791), as well as other information on general health,
measures of deprivation, numbers of people in household, measures of social capital,
etc. Whilst the survey responders are not necessarily representative of Hull‟s BME
population, it is the only source of local information for which the prevalence of risk
factors in the local BME population can be examined. Since the findings of the survey
cannot necessarily be generalised to Hull‟s BME population, the results should be
treated with caution.
The full report and a summary report have been produced and both are available at
www.hullpublichealth.org. The full report examined each question on the survey
questionnaire for the main survey responders and the BME survey responders
combined in relation to BME group and in relation to status in the UK (British, student,
asylum seeker, failed asylum seeker, refugee, working in the UK short-term, working in
the UK long-term).
A summary of the findings are as follows:
As well as the BME survey, a larger survey was completed in Hull with survey
responders being representative of Hull‟s population. Findings from the BME Survey
were compared with all responders in the main survey (of whom 6.6% were from BME
backgrounds).
The majority of those participating in the BME Survey were Africans (31%), Other
Asians (25%), Non-British White (24%) and Chinese (9%). In terms of status in UK,
the biggest groups were those working temporarily in the UK (22%), failed asylum
seekers (18%), refugees (15%) and students (15%). However, due to the sampling
method we do not know how representative the survey participants are in relation to
Hull‟s BME population.
Three-quarters of the Non-British White survey responders were working temporarily
in the UK and most were Polish. Over 60% of Other Asians were asylum seekers or
failed asylum seekers and a further 30% were refugees (mainly Iraqi and Kurdish).
Almost 40% of Africans were asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers (mainly
Congolese) and a further 22% were students.
A high percentage of BME survey responders were young males with the exception of
Chinese whose age-gender distribution more closely matched that of the main survey.
Over 80% of the BME survey responders lived in West Locality and 15% lived in North
Locality. Over half lived in Myton (28%) or Newland (24%) wards.
Over 60% of Other Asians, one-third of Africans and around 50% or more of asylum
seekers and refugees lived in the most deprived 20% of Hull, compared to 17% of
main survey responders.
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