Table 5

Hospital services and their uptake for Pakistani and white families

	Total		Pakistani		White		p value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p value
Aetio Ix, aetiological investigation of hearing loss.
*Referred to the listed services during the study period.
†χ² test.
‡Fisher’s exact test.
Genetics
Taken up	77	45.8	63	50.0	14	35.0
Declined	75	44.6	54	42.9	21	52.5
Referred*	14	8.3	9	7.1	5	12.5
Total	168	100.0	126	100.0	40	100.0	0.209†

Aetio Ix
Taken up	93	58.1	67	54.9	26	68.4
Declined	67	41.9	55	45.1	12	31.6
Total	160	100.0	122	100.0	38	100.0	0.141†

Ophthalmic
Taken up	54	49.5	43	47.8	11	57.9
Declined	34	31.2	28	31.1	6	31.6
Referred*	21	19.3	19	21.1	2	10.5
Total	109	100.0	90	100.0	19	100.0	0.539†

Cochlear implant
Taken up	13	52.0	11	64.7	2	25.0
Declined	9	36.0	3	17.6	6	75.0
Referred*	3	12.0	3	17.6	0	0.0
Total	25	100.0	17	100.0	8	100.0	0.040‡

Audiology
Taken up	206	99.5	140	100.0	66	98.5
Declined	1	0.5	0	0.0	1	1.5
Referred*	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total	207	100.0	140	100.0	67	100.0	0.324‡

Ear, nose, throat
Taken up	115	92.7	74	92.5	41	93.2
Declined	3	2.4	3	3.8	0	0.0
Referred*	6	4.8	3	3.8	3	6.8
Total	124	100.0	80	100.0	44	100.0	0.464‡