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Deprivation equals poverty. Asian in Britain will primarily be Indian/Pakistani descent. I wonder if this is vitamin d related? Darker complexion of black an
by JPKab 6y ago
Deprivation equals poverty.
Asian in Britain will primarily be Indian/Pakistani descent.
I wonder if this is vitamin d related? Darker complexion of black and Asian could cause higher risks of vitamin d deficiency in UK.
- eloff 6y agoVery likely it explains at least part of the difference.
- eloff 6y agoBecause obviously people with darker skins produce less vitamin D naturally and are more vitamin D deficient and all indications are that vitamin D deficiency is a big factor in Covid19 morality.
- peteretep 6y agoCould be dietary related too, or factors relating to multiple generations of families cohabiting. That said, these are prevalent in the sunny parts of Asia too, which doesn’t appear to be suffering so much, so my suspicion would be Vit-D related.
- dehrmann 6y agoSouth Asians and East Asians are pretty different genetically, so the lack of distinction really doesn't help.
- triplea9 6y agoIn the UK Asian == South Asian
- McP 6y agoSource? I've never got that impression as an English person. I consider it to be non-specific. However, if you're in a place like Southall or Bradford then the "Asian" people around you are indeed more likely to be south Asian.
- lazyasciiart 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian
- dehrmann 6y agohttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160106185816/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/measuring-equality/equality/ethnic-nat-identity-religion/ethnic-group/index.html https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160106185816/ht... > Asian/Asian British > 9. Indian > 10. Pakistani > 11. Bangladeshi > 12. Chinese > 13. Any other Asian background, please describe
- econcon 6y agoBut Indian/Pakistani aren't dying at much higher rate in their own country or are they? I've no data.
- champagneben 6y agoI would imagine that the sun is hotter and shows itself more often in India and Pakistan - hence the darker complexion.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoMuch easier to have a vitamin D deficiency in Britain than in India/Pakistan because there is so much less sun.