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Purchase medication using a concession card by age,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2006

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Age
(years)		Males
(95% CI)		Females
(95% CI)		Persons
(95% CI)
16-24 34.9 (28.5-41.3)35.1 (29.2-40.9)35.0 (30.6-39.4)
25-34 16.5 (11.9-21.1)24.9 (20.1-29.6)20.7 (17.3-24.0)
35-44 19.5 (15.0-24.1)21.2 (17.4-25.0)20.4 (17.4-23.3)
45-54 20.4 (16.5-24.3)21.5 (18.1-24.9)21.0 (18.4-23.6)
55-64 34.8 (30.3-39.4)37.5 (33.8-41.2)36.2 (33.2-39.1)
65-74 80.3 (76.2-84.3)85.8 (82.8-88.8)83.1 (80.6-85.6)
75+ 90.4 (87.3-93.6)88.6 (85.8-91.4)89.4 (87.3-91.5)
All Ages33.6 (31.5-35.6)38.0 (36.2-39.7)35.8 (34.4-37.1)

Note: Estimates are based on 7,936 respondents in NSW. For this indicator 26 (0.33%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in NSW. The question used to define the indicator was: Do you purchase your prescription medicines using a health care card, seniors card, veterans card or similar?
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

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