Table 1 Ethnicity of women in the initial dataset and in subgroups of women in receipt of mental health support
Ethnicity | All 18+, birth episodes, n (%) | A) Women with a mental health contact starting in the perinatal period, n (%) | B) Women with a mental health admission during the perinatal period with no contacts before the perinatal period, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | White British | 355,719 (57.8) | 16,552 (75.0) | 442 (62.0) |
B | Irish | 3028 (0.5) | 111 (0.5) | ** |
C | Other White backgrounds | 64,177 (10.4) | 1493 (6.8) | 67 (9.4) |
D | White and Black Caribbean | 3126 (0.5) | 200 (0.9) | 7 (1.0) |
E | White and Black African | 1453 (0.2) | 64 (0.3) | ** |
F | White and Asian | 1746 (0.3) | 58 (0.3) | ** |
G | Other mixed backgrounds | 3978 (0.6) | 204 (0.9) | ** |
H | Indian | 17,960 (2.9) | 312 (1.4) | 9 (1.3) |
J | Pakistani | 24,132 (3.9) | 545 (2.5) | 39 (5.5) |
K | Bangladeshi | 8492 (1.4) | 219 (1.0) | 19 (2.7) |
L | Other Asian backgrounds | 13,071 (2.1) | 318 (1.4) | 17 (2.4) |
M | Caribbean | 4883 (0.8) | 259 (1.2) | 12 (1.7) |
N | African | 18,009 (2.9) | 428 (1.9) | 39 (5.5) |
P | Any other Black backgrounds | 4130 (0.7) | 192 (0.9) | 13 (1.8) |
R | Chinese | 3822 (0.6) | 79 (0.4) | ** |
S | Other ethnic groups | 20,963 (3.4) | 603 (2.7) | 34 (4.8) |
NK | Not known | 66,403 (10.8) | 436 (2.0) | ** |
Total | 615,092 (100) | 22,073 (3.5) | 713 (3.2) |