Table 1 Characteristics of people scheduled an appointment, by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (annual n = 182) | non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (annual n = 4103) | ||||||
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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 |