Table 4 Disparity in annual attendance for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (univariate analysis)

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

 

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

Non Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

Difference

  
 

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

% difference

Rate ratio (95% CI)

Age group (years)

0–9

63

76.3

(67.1–85.4)

720

83.8

(81.4–86.3)

7.6

0.91

(0.80–1.03)

10–19

20

70.1

(53.2–86.9)

289

81.6

(77.5–85.6)

11.5

0.86

(0.69–1.11)

20–29

14

68.1

(48.2–88.0)

465

87.5

(84.7–90.4)

19.5

0.76

(0.56–1.03)

30–39

16

79.4

(61.5–97.3)

690

87.5

(85.2–89.9)

8.1

0.91

(0.73–1.14)

40–49

9

76.7

(51.9–100)

521

88.5

(85.9–91.0)

11.8

0.85

(0.61–1.18)

50+

15

80.3

(65.7–100)

863

87.9

(85.9-90.0)

4.9

0.95

(0.77–1.17)

Gender

Female

80

78.2

(70.2–86.2)

2376

86.9

(85.7–88.2)

8.7

0.90

(0.81–1.00)

Male

57

71.6

(61.7–81.5)

1167

85.6

(83.8–87.5)

14.0

0.80

(0.69–0.91)

Remoteness

Major city

51

71.1

(65.5–76.7)

2649

86.5

(85.3–87.7)

13.7

1.19

(1.03–1.37)

Regional

52

79.3

(69.5–89.0)

666

85.9

(83.5–88.4)

6.7

1.09

(0.96–1.24)

Remote

27

72.9

(58.4–87.3)

108

80.0

(73.2–86.7)

7.1

1.10

(0.89–1.36)

State

NT

30

76.7

(61.5–91.8)

108

94.3

(90.0–98.5)

17.6

0.82

(0.67–1.00)

WA

80

65.0

(54.5–75.5)

1855

79.6

(78.0–81.2)

14.6

0.82

(0.67–1.00)

QLD

72

86.1

(78.1–94.1)

1585

95.6

(94.6–96.6)

9.5

0.82

(0.69–0.96)

Reason

Rare disease

85

78.2

(70.4–85.9)

1562

87.0

(85.4-88.5)

8.8

0.90

(0.81–0.99)

Cancer

26

74.9

(60.4–89.4)

1261

89.4

(87.8–91.0)

14.5

0.83

(0.68–1.01)

Prenatal

2

100.0

 

114

98.6

(96.5–100)

−1.4

1.10

(1.04–1.16)

Total attended

137

75.4

(69.1–81.6)

4103

86.5

(85.4–87.5)

11.1

0.87

(0.80–0.95)

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