Cases and annual rates in children (0–14 years) per 100000 for England and Wales by ethnic group
| 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | % | Rate (95% CI) | Cases | % | Rate (95% CI) | Cases | % | Rate (95% CI) | |
| *Black African classified as African in 1988. | |||||||||
| †Classified as West Indian in 1988. | |||||||||
| ‡Other and Chinese combined rate in 1988. | |||||||||
| §Seven children in 1998 had unknown ethnicity. The rate refers to children of “other” ethnicity for 1993 and 1998, thus excludes these seven children. | |||||||||
| White | 137 | 44 | 1.6 (1.4 to 1.9) | 181 | 44 | 2.0 (1.7 to 2.3) | 96 | 26 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.3) |
| Indian subcontinent | 140 | 45 | 33.0 (27.5 to 38.5) | 167 | 41 | 31.6 (26.8 to 36.4) | 119 | 33 | 23.1 (19.0 to 27.3) |
| Black African* | 5 | 2 | 14.6 (18.1 to 27.4) | 26 | 6 | 34.1 (21.0 to 47.3) | 80 | 22 | 70.6 (55.1 to 86.1) |
| Black Carribean† | 14 | 5 | 13.0 (6.2 to 19.9) | 7 | 2 | 6.5 (1.7 to 11.3) | 9 | 2 | 9.0 (3.1 to 14.9) |
| Chinese‡ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18.3 (2.6 to 34.4) | 14 | 4 | 82.1 (39.1 to 125.0) | |
| Other and unknown§ | 10 | 3 | 4.9 (2.1 to 7.7) | 22 | 5 | 11.3 (6.6 to 16.0) | 464 | 13 | 10.4 (7.1 to 13.6) |
| Wales only | 7 | 2 | 1.3 (0.3 to 2.3) | 11 | 3 | 2.0 (0.8 to 3.1) | 11 | 3 | 1.9 (0.8 to 3.0) |
| England only | 301 | 98 | 3.4 (3.0 to 3.8) | 397 | 97 | 4.3 (3.8 to 4.7) | 353 | 97 | 4.00 (3.6 to 4.4) |
| England and Wales | 308 | 100 | 3.3 (2.9 to 3.7) | 408 | 100 | 4.2 (3.6 to 4.6) | 364 | 100 | 3.57 (3.2 to 3.9) |