Ethnic composition of medical and general population in the UK (percentages)
| This survey of doctors* | NHS medical survey (21) | 2001 UK Census | |
| 2007–8 | 2008 | 2001 | |
| White | |||
| Any white background | 77.3 | 71.5 | 92.1 |
| Mixed† | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Asian or Asian British | 16.1 | 12.0 | 4.0 |
| Indian | 10.6 | – | 1.8 |
| Pakistani | 2.1 | – | 1.3 |
| Bangladeshi | 0.4 | – | 0.5 |
| Any other Asian | 3.0 | – | 0.4 |
| Black or black British | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Caribbean | 0.1 | – | 1.0 |
| African | 1.6 | – | 0.8 |
| Any other black | 0.1 | – | 0.2 |
| Chinese or other | |||
| Chinese | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Any other | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Not stated | – | 9.0 | – |
| N | 3681 (52 missing) | 59 719 | 58 789 194 |