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Table 5 Per cent use of non-Consulting room HA items by Indigenous status and State/Territory

From: Comparison of the uptake of health assessment items for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians: Implications for policy

State

 

75+ yrs non-Indigenous

55+ yrs Indigenous

Total

Difference % (95% CI)

Difference % (95% CI)-dual eligibility adjustment

NSW

Count

132055

658

132713

  
 

%

6.5%

1.4%

6.4%

5.2 (5.2–5.3)%

4.5 (4.4–4.5)%

VIC

Count

94610

228

94838

  
 

%

6.4%

2.3%

6.3%

4.2 (4.1–4.2)%

3.2 (3.2–3.3)%

QLD

Count

50911

505

51416

  
 

%

5.2%

1.2%

5.0%

4.1 (4.0–4.1)%

3.27 (3.2–3.3)%

SA

Count

62203

176

62379

  
 

%

11.5%

2.0%

11.3%

9.5 (9.4–9.6)%

8.1 (8.0–8.2)%

WA

Count

25725

189

25914

  
 

%

5.4%

0.8%

5.1%

4.5 (4.5–4.6)%

3.8 (3.7–3.8)%

TAS

Count

15906

29

15935.0

  
 

%

10.4%

0.5%

10.1%

9.9 (9.8–10.1)%

8.8 (8.7–9.0)%

ACT

Count

2979

4

2983.00

  
 

%

4.8%

0.5%

4.8%

4.3 (4.1–4.5)%

3.9 (3.7–4.1)%

NT

Count

40

264

304

  
 

%

0.3%

1.4%

0.9%

-1.0 (-1.2–-0.9)%

-1.0 (-1.2–-0.9)%