Understanding the quality of ethnicity data recorded in health-related administrative data sources compared with Census 2021 in England
Certain ethnic categories across all data sources have high discordance with census ethnic categories. These differences may lead to biased estimates of differences in health outcomes between ethnic groups, a critical data point used when making health policy and planning decisions.
Authors
- Ashley Akbari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0814-0801)
- Thomas E. Yates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-5178)
- Cameron Razieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-2945)
- Isobel Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-567X)
- Nazrul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-4325)
- Jasper Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7688-3554)
- Lisa Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0815-2821)
- Veena Raleigh
- Vahé Nafilyan
- Bilal Akhter Mateen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4423-6472)
- Francesco Zaccardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-6487)
- Kamlesh K. Khunti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7099)
- Myer Glickman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-3811)
- Jonathan Hope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6869-0093)
- Rosemary Drummond
- Chris White
- Bethan Powell
Institutions
- Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (US)
- King's Fund (GB)
- Office for National Statistics (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Nuffield Trust (GB)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- NHS Digital (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Wellcome Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004507
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.84
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre