Table 2

Summary of findings of clinic-based studies of proportional representation among the clinic population

Ethnic group

No. populations

Proportional representation of minority group relative to their share of the base population

Evidence of under-representation relative to the base population

Represented as expected relative to the base population

Evidence of over-representation relative to the base population

Black Caribbean

1

0

1

0

Black African

1

0

1

0

'Black'

5

2

1

2

Indian

1

1

0

0

Pakistani

2

2

0

0

Bangladeshi

4

4

0

0

'South Asian'

6

3

2

1

Notes: All differences significant at the 5% level

Goodman et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:258   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-258