Purchase medication using a concession card by health area

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

Area	Males (95% CI)	Females (95% CI)	Persons (95% CI)
Sydney South West	34.8 (29.5-40.1)	35.8 (31.2-40.4)	35.3 (31.8-38.8)
South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra	30.7 (25.4-36.0)	36.3 (31.6-40.9)	33.5 (29.9-37.0)
Sydney West	26.9 (21.7-32.1)	34.7 (30.2-39.2)	30.8 (27.3-34.3)
Northern Sydney & Central Coast	28.0 (23.2-32.8)	33.9 (29.5-38.4)	31.0 (27.8-34.3)
Hunter & New England	40.5 (34.8-46.1)	42.1 (37.7-46.6)	41.3 (37.7-44.9)
North Coast	47.0 (40.9-53.0)	52.8 (48.0-57.7)	50.0 (46.1-53.8)
Greater Southern	36.6 (30.8-42.4)	40.4 (35.6-45.3)	38.5 (34.7-42.3)
Greater Western	40.1 (34.2-46.1)	42.5 (37.7-47.3)	41.3 (37.5-45.1)
Urban	30.4 (27.8-33.0)	35.2 (32.9-37.5)	32.8 (31.1-34.5)
Rural	41.0 (38.0-44.1)	44.3 (41.8-46.8)	42.7 (40.7-44.7)
NSW	33.6 (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