Table 3 Disparity in annual appointment scheduling for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (univariate analysis)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | Non Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | Difference Rate ratio (95% CI) | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Expected referral (n) | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander under–referred (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Incident referral per 100,000 (95%CI) | n | Incident referral per 100,000 (95%CI) | |||||
Age group (years) | ||||||||
0–9 | 83 | 90 (71–110) | 859 | 92 (86–98) | 0.98 | (0.79–1.23) | 84 | 1.2 |
10–19 | 28 | 34 (22–47) | 355 | 41 (37–45) | 0.83 | (0.57–1.22) | 34 | 17.6 |
20–29 | 21 | 31 (18–44) | 531 | 51 (47–55) | 0.60 | (0.39–0.92) | 35 | 40.0 |
30–39 | 20 | 40 (22–57) | 788 | 77 (71–82) | 0.52 | (0.34–0.82) | 38 | 47.4 |
40–49 | 11 | 25 (10–40) | 589 | 59 (54–64) | 0.42 | (0.23–0.76) | 26 | 57.7 |
50+ | 18 | 31 (17–45) | 981 | 41 (39–44) | 0.75 | (0.47–1.19) | 24 | 25.0 |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 103 | 52 (42–61) | 2733 | 75 (72–78) | 0.69 | (0.57–0.84) | 149 | 30.9 |
Male | 79 | 40 (11–36) | 1363 | 38 (36–40) | 1.06 | (0.85–1.33) | 74 | −6.8 |
Remoteness | ||||||||
Major city | 70 | 61 (46–75) | 3062 | 62 (60–64) | 1.02 | (0.81–1.29) | 72 | 2.8 |
Regional | 66 | 44 (34–55) | 776 | 38 (35–41) | 0.85 | (0.66–1.10) | 56 | −17.9 |
Remote | 37 | 38 (19–37) | 135 | 54 (45–63) | 1.92 | (1.33–2.76) | 71 | 47.9 |
State | ||||||||
NT | 30 | 40 (26–55) | 115 | 67 (55–79) | 0.60 | (0.40–0.89) | 50 | 40.0 |
WA | 80 | 80 (62–97) | 2330 | 95 (91–99) | 0.84 | (0.67–1.05) | 95 | 15.8 |
QLD | 72 | 33 (25–40) | 1658 | 36 (34–38) | 0.91 | (0.72–1.15) | 79 | 8.9 |
Reason | ||||||||
Rare disease | 109 | 27 (22–33) | 1796 | 25 (24–26) | 1.11 | (0.92–1.35) | 98 | −11.2 |
Cancer | 35 | 9 (6–12) | 1410 | 19 (18–20) | 0.45 | (0.32–0.64) | 77 | 54.5 |
Prenatal | 2 | 1 (0–3) | 125 | 4 (4–5) | 0.28 | (0.07–1.14) | 7 | 71.4 |
TOTAL | 182 | 46 (39–52) | 4103 | 57 (55–58) | 1.23 | (1.06–1.43) | 224 | 19.2 |
