Private health insurance by region,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 36.0 (31.1-41.0) | 33.4 (27.5-39.3) | 35.3 (31.3-39.2) |
| 1998 | 32.5 (27.3-37.8) | 26.0 (20.4-31.7) | 30.7 (26.6-34.7) | |
| 2002 | 39.3 (32.7-45.8) | 40.6 (30.4-50.8) | 39.6 (34.1-45.2) | |
| 2003 | 45.6 (39.0-52.1) | 41.5 (34.3-48.8) | 44.4 (39.3-49.6) | |
| 2004 | 44.9 (36.3-53.5) | 35.6 (25.3-45.9) | 42.4 (35.5-49.3) | |
| 2005 | 51.6 (44.3-58.8) | 31.5 (23.3-39.7) | 46.3 (40.5-52.2) | |
| 2006 | 45.5 (37.1-54.0) | 31.2 (21.8-40.7) | 41.6 (34.8-48.3) | |
| 2007 | 44.4 (37.5-51.3) | 48.8 (39.4-58.1) | 45.6 (39.9-51.2) | |
| Females | 1997 | 35.6 (30.4-40.9) | 33.1 (27.7-38.5) | 34.9 (30.8-39.0) |
| 1998 | 34.8 (29.5-40.1) | 33.0 (26.7-39.2) | 34.3 (30.1-38.5) | |
| 2002 | 45.9 (39.2-52.7) | 31.1 (24.0-38.1) | 41.8 (36.5-47.0) | |
| 2003 | 49.8 (43.6-56.0) | 38.5 (30.6-46.3) | 46.8 (41.8-51.8) | |
| 2004 | 50.2 (42.4-58.0) | 40.7 (31.8-49.6) | 47.6 (41.4-53.8) | |
| 2005 | 46.8 (39.8-53.8) | 37.7 (30.3-45.0) | 44.2 (38.8-49.6) | |
| 2006 | 52.6 (44.7-60.6) | 40.5 (31.4-49.6) | 49.3 (43.0-55.7) | |
| 2007 | 50.7 (44.5-56.9) | 32.1 (25.1-39.0) | 45.7 (40.7-50.6) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 35.8 (32.2-39.4) | 33.3 (29.3-37.3) | 35.1 (32.3-37.9) |
| 1998 | 33.6 (29.9-37.4) | 29.4 (25.2-33.7) | 32.4 (29.5-35.4) | |
| 2002 | 42.5 (37.8-47.3) | 35.9 (29.5-42.3) | 40.7 (36.8-44.5) | |
| 2003 | 47.2 (42.7-51.7) | 40.2 (34.9-45.5) | 45.3 (41.7-48.9) | |
| 2004 | 47.5 (41.7-53.3) | 38.1 (31.3-45.0) | 45.0 (40.3-49.6) | |
| 2005 | 49.2 (44.2-54.3) | 34.7 (29.2-40.2) | 45.3 (41.3-49.2) | |
| 2006 | 49.0 (43.1-54.8) | 35.7 (29.0-42.3) | 45.3 (40.6-50.0) | |
| 2007 | 47.6 (42.9-52.2) | 40.5 (34.5-46.6) | 45.6 (41.9-49.4) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,815), 1998 (1,685), 2002 (1,116), 2003 (1,185), 2004 ( 762), 2005 ( 866), 2006 ( 611), 2007 ( 951). The indicator includes those who have private health insurance. The question used to define the indicator was: Apart from medicare, are you covered by private health insurance? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (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 June 2008 |