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Table 1 Effectiveness of matching process by ethnic group

From: Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians

 

Unmatched

Matched

Total

% matched

Any Mixed Background

1139

10429

11568

90.2%

Other Ethnic group

1446

7115

8561

83.1%

Non Resident Students

2887

33272

36159

92.0%

No Response

37768

180872

218640

82.7%

Scotland

293786

4605671

4899457

94.0%

White Scottish

201306

3890972

4092278

95.1%

Other White British

24976

321278

346254

92.8%

White Irish

4332

41078

45410

90.5%

Other White

9943

61279

71222

86.0%

Indian

1651

11690

13341

87.6%

Pakistani

3580

23660

27240

86.9%

Bangladeshi

261

1463

1724

84.9%

Other South Asian

980

4526

5506

82.2%

Chinese

2459

12161

14620

83.2%

Caribbean

196

1400

1596

87.7%

African

723

3598

4321

83.3%

Black Scottish or Other Black

139

878

1017

86.3%