Table 1 Characteristics of people scheduled an appointment, by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status

From: Investigating disparity in access to Australian clinical genetic health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

  

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (annual n = 182)

 

non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (annual n = 4103)

 

n

(%)

95%CI

n

(%)

95%CI

p-value*

Age

0–9

83

45.7

(38.5–53.0)

859

20.9

(19.7–22.2)

<0.001

10–19

28

15.6

(10.3–20.8)

355

8.6

(7.8–9.5)

 

20–29

21

11.6

(6.9–16.2)

531

12.9

(11.9–14.0)

 

30–39

20

10.8

(6.3–15.3)

788

19.2

(18.0–20.4)

 

40–49

11

6.2

(2.7–9.7)

589

14.4

(13.3–15.4)

 

 50+

18

10.0

(5.6–14.3)

981

23.9

(22.6–25.2)

 

Gender

Female

103

56.5

(49.2–63.6)

2733

66.7

(65.2–68.1)

<0.001

Male

79

43.5

(36.1–50.5)

1363

33.3

(31.8–34.7)

 

Remoteness

Major city

70

40.5

(33.1–47.8)

3062

77.1

(75.8–78.4)

<0.001

Regional

66

38.2

(30.9–45.4)

776

19.5

(18.3–20.8)

 

Remote

37

21.4

(15.3–27.5)

135

3.4

(2.8–4.0)

 

Referral by

GP

31

19.8

(13.6–26.1)

1124

31.4

(29.9–32.9)

<0.001

Specialist

107

69.0

(61.8–76.4)

1950

54.4

(52.8–56.0)

 

Other

17

11.2

(6.3–16.2)

510

14.2

(13.1–15.4)

 

Location of service

Clinic

129

94.0

(90.0–98.0)

3991

97.3

(96.8–97.8)

<0.001

Telehealth

8

5.8

(1.9–9.8)

112

2.7

(2.2–3.2)

 

Reason

Rare disease

109

75.7

(68.7–82.7)

1796

56.0

(54.3–57.7)

<0.001

Cancer

35

24.3

(17.3–31.3)

1410

44.0

(42.3–45.7)

<0.001

Prenatal

1

0.7

(0–2)

125

3.1

(2.5–3.6)

<0.001

  1. *Pearson χ2 test.