Private health insurance by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 55.8 (45.2-66.5) | 38.7 (30.1-47.3) | 29.4 (21.8-36.9) | 24.6 (17.1-32.1) | 27.9 (20.6-35.2) | 35.3 (31.3-39.2) |
| 1998 | 44.1 (33.4-54.8) | 29.3 (19.2-39.4) | 27.5 (19.4-35.6) | 26.6 (18.6-34.5) | 25.4 (17.1-33.6) | 30.7 (26.6-34.7) | |
| 2002 | 69.4 (56.3-82.5) | 37.0 (23.6-50.4) | 44.0 (31.0-57.1) | 29.7 (19.9-39.5) | 25.8 (15.8-35.9) | 39.6 (34.1-45.2) | |
| 2003 | 53.8 (39.7-67.9) | 58.5 (46.8-70.2) | 49.9 (38.8-61.0) | 36.5 (26.9-46.1) | 29.0 (19.5-38.6) | 44.4 (39.3-49.6) | |
| 2004 | 69.6 (53.4-85.7) | 28.4 (16.5-40.3) | 36.5 (23.7-49.4) | 26.7 (13.3-40.2) | 37.6 (21.9-53.2) | 42.4 (35.5-49.3) | |
| 2005 | 61.4 (48.5-74.2) | 66.0 (53.8-78.2) | 44.3 (31.9-56.7) | 18.7 (8.3-29.1) | 31.6 (18.9-44.4) | 46.3 (40.5-52.2) | |
| 2006 | 64.1 (47.6-80.5) | 41.3 (26.7-55.9) | 43.1 (28.4-57.8) | 25.0 (12.1-37.9) | 37.2 (22.7-51.8) | 41.6 (34.8-48.3) | |
| 2007 | 58.3 (44.4-72.1) | 48.9 (36.1-61.8) | 50.9 (39.1-62.7) | 38.5 (25.7-51.3) | 32.4 (20.9-43.9) | 45.6 (39.9-51.2) | |
| Females | 1997 | 52.5 (41.9-63.0) | 37.2 (27.7-46.7) | 32.0 (24.1-39.8) | 29.7 (22.3-37.1) | 22.8 (14.9-30.7) | 34.9 (30.8-39.0) |
| 1998 | 48.7 (37.5-60.0) | 33.0 (24.1-42.0) | 32.5 (23.6-41.3) | 29.6 (21.4-37.9) | 25.7 (17.6-33.8) | 34.3 (30.1-38.5) | |
| 2002 | 66.6 (48.2-85.0) | 52.6 (39.4-65.9) | 38.9 (29.2-48.7) | 34.0 (25.1-43.0) | 28.8 (19.6-38.0) | 41.8 (36.5-47.0) | |
| 2003 | 71.7 (57.1-86.3) | 54.9 (43.8-66.1) | 42.4 (32.9-51.9) | 37.0 (27.4-46.7) | 37.3 (26.1-48.5) | 46.8 (41.8-51.8) | |
| 2004 | 58.0 (41.9-74.1) | 61.6 (49.3-74.0) | 53.7 (40.4-67.0) | 34.7 (23.4-46.0) | 30.6 (18.1-43.0) | 47.6 (41.4-53.8) | |
| 2005 | 61.7 (49.1-74.2) | 47.1 (35.8-58.5) | 42.4 (29.2-55.6) | 30.0 (18.4-41.6) | 36.4 (24.7-48.2) | 44.2 (38.8-49.6) | |
| 2006 | 63.7 (50.0-77.4) | 61.5 (47.2-75.9) | 49.4 (35.1-63.8) | 37.2 (23.0-51.4) | 35.0 (23.0-47.0) | 49.3 (43.0-55.7) | |
| 2007 | 78.6 (69.2-88.0) | 49.3 (37.7-61.0) | 39.0 (29.7-48.2) | 36.4 (24.6-48.2) | 29.0 (19.1-38.9) | 45.7 (40.7-50.6) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 54.1 (46.6-61.6) | 38.0 (31.6-44.4) | 30.6 (25.1-36.1) | 27.2 (21.9-32.4) | 25.4 (20.1-30.8) | 35.1 (32.3-37.9) |
| 1998 | 46.4 (38.6-54.2) | 31.3 (24.6-38.0) | 29.9 (23.8-35.9) | 28.1 (22.4-33.9) | 25.5 (19.7-31.3) | 32.4 (29.5-35.4) | |
| 2002 | 68.2 (57.2-79.1) | 45.6 (36.0-55.3) | 41.6 (33.3-49.9) | 31.8 (25.1-38.4) | 27.4 (20.6-34.2) | 40.7 (36.8-44.5) | |
| 2003 | 62.6 (52.5-72.6) | 56.7 (48.6-64.9) | 45.9 (38.7-53.2) | 36.8 (30.0-43.6) | 32.9 (25.5-40.3) | 45.3 (41.7-48.9) | |
| 2004 | 64.8 (53.4-76.3) | 45.4 (35.9-54.9) | 43.8 (34.2-53.4) | 31.3 (22.6-40.0) | 33.5 (23.7-43.3) | 45.0 (40.3-49.6) | |
| 2005 | 61.5 (52.5-70.5) | 56.3 (47.7-64.8) | 43.4 (34.4-52.5) | 24.2 (16.3-32.1) | 34.2 (25.5-42.8) | 45.3 (41.3-49.2) | |
| 2006 | 63.9 (53.2-74.5) | 51.2 (40.4-61.9) | 46.2 (35.9-56.6) | 30.3 (20.6-40.1) | 36.2 (26.7-45.6) | 45.3 (40.6-50.0) | |
| 2007 | 68.1 (59.2-77.1) | 49.1 (40.4-57.8) | 44.5 (37.0-52.0) | 37.6 (28.7-46.4) | 30.6 (23.1-38.1) | 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 |