Emergency department presentation in the last 12 months 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 | 19.3 (11.4-27.2) | 21.2 (14.4-27.9) | 26.8 (19.9-33.7) | 29.9 (21.8-37.9) | 24.8 (17.7-31.9) | 24.3 (21.0-27.6) |
| 1998 | 7.9 (2.6-13.3) | 19.3 (11.1-27.5) | 18.2 (11.9-24.6) | 20.0 (13.8-26.2) | 13.3 (7.6-19.1) | 15.6 (12.7-18.4) | |
| 2002 | 24.2 (11.3-37.2) | 27.6 (15.2-40.0) | 13.3 (6.7-19.8) | 10.8 (5.0-16.6) | 18.5 (9.9-27.0) | 17.5 (13.5-21.5) | |
| 2003 | 4.8 (0.0-10.2) | 14.6 (5.6-23.6) | 18.5 (10.8-26.3) | 18.7 (11.7-25.7) | 15.7 (8.4-23.0) | 15.2 (11.7-18.6) | |
| 2004 | 19.5 (7.2-31.9) | 32.4 (18.7-46.0) | 18.9 (10.4-27.4) | 27.9 (14.5-41.3) | 26.4 (13.1-39.6) | 24.3 (18.7-29.8) | |
| 2005 | 7.9 (2.1-13.7) | 14.5 (5.3-23.6) | 15.7 (7.4-24.0) | 17.1 (6.5-27.6) | 15.1 (6.0-24.3) | 13.4 (9.8-17.1) | |
| 2006 | 15.4 (3.1-27.6) | 11.2 (3.0-19.4) | 9.8 (1.6-18.0) | 12.2 (3.6-20.9) | 13.4 (3.4-23.4) | 12.6 (8.3-16.8) | |
| 2007 | 10.9 (2.8-19.0) | 15.5 (5.1-25.8) | 32.8 (20.7-44.9) | 17.7 (6.9-28.6) | 22.0 (11.3-32.8) | 20.5 (15.6-25.3) | |
| Females | 1997 | 6.8 (1.8-11.9) | 20.9 (13.7-28.1) | 22.3 (16.2-28.4) | 19.0 (13.1-25.0) | 18.8 (11.9-25.7) | 17.4 (14.5-20.3) |
| 1998 | 3.9 (1.0-6.8) | 13.7 (6.9-20.5) | 14.5 (9.6-19.3) | 17.6 (10.9-24.4) | 19.1 (12.4-25.8) | 13.5 (10.9-16.1) | |
| 2002 | 6.9 (0.0-14.8) | 11.7 (3.9-19.5) | 19.6 (12.2-26.9) | 19.8 (12.4-27.2) | 17.0 (10.7-23.2) | 15.9 (12.5-19.2) | |
| 2003 | 11.4 (2.3-20.4) | 10.7 (4.4-16.9) | 11.5 (6.2-16.8) | 10.9 (6.1-15.6) | 16.3 (8.0-24.7) | 12.1 (9.2-15.1) | |
| 2004 | 25.1 (9.8-40.4) | 9.8 (3.6-15.9) | 26.4 (14.9-37.9) | 9.7 (4.2-15.3) | 15.4 (6.3-24.6) | 17.0 (12.5-21.6) | |
| 2005 | 12.7 (3.4-21.9) | 16.0 (8.6-23.3) | 12.3 (5.4-19.1) | 23.1 (13.0-33.2) | 21.2 (11.4-31.0) | 16.5 (12.6-20.3) | |
| 2006 | 11.4 (1.8-21.1) | 8.5 (2.1-14.9) | 13.5 (5.4-21.6) | 9.9 (3.2-16.5) | 21.0 (10.7-31.4) | 13.2 (9.3-17.0) | |
| 2007 | 17.6 (6.9-28.4) | 20.9 (11.2-30.7) | 23.1 (14.9-31.3) | 23.1 (12.6-33.6) | 22.0 (12.8-31.1) | 21.3 (17.1-25.6) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 12.8 (8.1-17.4) | 21.0 (16.1-26.0) | 24.6 (20.0-29.3) | 24.4 (19.3-29.5) | 21.9 (16.9-26.9) | 20.9 (18.7-23.1) |
| 1998 | 5.9 (2.9-9.0) | 16.4 (11.1-21.6) | 16.5 (12.4-20.6) | 18.8 (14.2-23.4) | 16.0 (11.6-20.4) | 14.6 (12.6-16.5) | |
| 2002 | 16.5 (8.0-24.9) | 18.6 (11.5-25.8) | 16.4 (11.4-21.3) | 15.0 (10.3-19.7) | 17.7 (12.4-23.0) | 16.7 (14.1-19.3) | |
| 2003 | 8.1 (2.8-13.4) | 12.7 (7.1-18.2) | 14.8 (10.2-19.4) | 14.6 (10.4-18.9) | 16.0 (10.5-21.5) | 13.8 (11.5-16.0) | |
| 2004 | 21.8 (12.2-31.5) | 20.7 (12.8-28.6) | 22.1 (15.1-29.2) | 17.8 (10.7-24.8) | 20.2 (12.4-28.1) | 20.7 (17.1-24.3) | |
| 2005 | 10.2 (4.8-15.7) | 15.2 (9.4-21.1) | 14.0 (8.6-19.5) | 20.1 (12.8-27.5) | 18.3 (11.5-25.0) | 15.0 (12.3-17.6) | |
| 2006 | 13.4 (5.6-21.2) | 9.8 (4.6-15.1) | 11.6 (5.9-17.3) | 11.2 (5.5-16.8) | 17.1 (9.9-24.3) | 12.9 (9.9-15.8) | |
| 2007 | 14.2 (7.5-21.0) | 18.6 (11.4-25.8) | 27.4 (20.3-34.4) | 20.4 (12.8-28.0) | 22.0 (15.0-29.0) | 20.9 (17.7-24.1) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,867), 1998 (1,744), 2002 (1,173), 2003 (1,251), 2004 ( 813), 2005 ( 934), 2006 ( 641), 2007 ( 798). The indicator includes those who attended an emergency department in the last 12 months. The question used to define the indicator was: In the last 12 months, have you attended a hospital emergency department or casualty for your own medical care? |
| 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 |