Dementia risk factors pose more danger for ethnic minorities, finds study

[nitram]

https://www.theguardian.com/society...more-danger-for-ethnic-minorities-finds-study .

 

[Neveradullday!]

Well, first of all these researchers have been spared hanging around on street corners - always a good thing.

I can't quite understand the figures (I'm not a statistician).
12.6% of the cohort (how old were they, I wonder?) developed d. Of these(?) 16% were white, 8.6% s. asian, 12.1% black, and 9.7% other minority ethnics. Added together that's 46.4% - what about the other 53.6%? - I must be reading the figures wrong.

 

[nitram]

16% were white, 8.6% s. asian, 12.1% black, and 9.7% other minority ethnics.

These are %s of

12.6% of the cohort

@Neveradullday!

 

[Neveradullday!]

These are %s of

@Neveradullday!

Yes, but they only add up to 46.4% of the cohort?

 

[nitram]

@Neveradullday!
%s of 12 6% of cohort not cohort
The 46.4% is % of ethic minorities

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[Neveradullday!]

%s of 12 6% of cohort not cohort

Yes, but where's the other 53.6% of the 12.6% of the cohort?

 

[nitram]

Yes, but where's the other 53.6% of the 12.6% of the cohort?

It is the non 'ethic minorities'

 

[Neveradullday!]

Who are the 'non ethnic minorities'? Obviously not the whites, south Asians, blacks or other minority ethnics.

 

[nitram]

Who are the 'non ethnic minorities'? Obviously not the whites, south Asians, blacks or other minority ethnics.

Edited to non 'ethic minorities'