The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups

Document from the Office of National Statistics, based on the 2004 Health Survey for England, and published in April 2006. It examines a range of health indicators among ethnic minority populations, including blood pressure, exercise levels, smoking and alcohol use, and obesity. Among the findings: diabetes was almost four times as prevalent in Bangladeshi men than among the general population, and black African boys were nearly twice as likely to be obese as compared to the general population.