Difficulties getting health care when needing it by health area

Difficulties getting health care when needing it by health area,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2006

Area	Males (95% CI)	Females (95% CI)	Persons (95% CI)
Sydney South West	10.1 (6.7-13.6)	9.6 (6.6-12.7)	9.9 (7.6-12.2)
South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra	8.7 (5.4-11.9)	10.0 (7.2-12.8)	9.3 (7.2-11.5)
Sydney West	7.9 (4.8-10.9)	10.4 (7.5-13.3)	9.1 (7.0-11.3)
Northern Sydney & Central Coast	8.7 (5.4-12.1)	10.7 (7.4-13.9)	9.7 (7.4-12.1)
Hunter & New England	18.1 (13.4-22.8)	23.5 (19.4-27.6)	20.8 (17.7-24.0)
North Coast	15.8 (11.3-20.3)	24.1 (19.8-28.3)	20.1 (17.0-23.2)
Greater Southern	23.9 (18.4-29.4)	26.7 (22.4-31.1)	25.3 (21.8-28.8)
Greater Western	17.6 (13.1-22.2)	27.0 (22.7-31.4)	22.3 (19.1-25.5)
Urban	8.9 (7.3-10.6)	10.1 (8.6-11.7)	9.5 (8.4-10.7)
Rural	18.8 (16.2-21.4)	24.8 (22.6-27.1)	21.9 (20.2-23.6)
NSW	11.9 (10.5-13.3)	14.6 (13.3-15.8)	13.2 (12.3-14.2)

Note:	Estimates are based on 7,769 respondents in NSW. For this indicator 20 (0.26%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in NSW. The indicator includes those who had difficulties getting health care when they needed it. It excludes those who said they do not need health care. The question used to define the indicator was: Do you have any difficulties getting health care when you need it?
Source:	New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by:	Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on:	1 July 2007