Feel safe walking down their street after dark by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 2002-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 2002-2007
| 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 | 2002 | 74.0 (64.6-83.4) | 66.3 (57.0-75.7) | 65.8 (58.7-72.8) | 61.0 (54.9-67.2) | 57.2 (50.4-64.1) | 63.7 (60.3-67.1) |
| 2003 | 74.6 (64.7-84.6) | 68.9 (60.1-77.7) | 52.7 (44.3-61.0) | 66.0 (61.1-70.9) | 52.4 (43.9-61.0) | 61.9 (58.3-65.5) | |
| 2005 | 81.1 (75.2-86.9) | 72.2 (65.4-79.1) | 65.9 (59.3-72.5) | 67.8 (61.3-74.4) | 61.3 (53.1-69.5) | 69.9 (66.8-72.9) | |
| 2006 | 82.9 (76.0-89.8) | 73.0 (65.3-80.7) | 66.1 (58.2-73.9) | 67.5 (60.2-74.8) | 58.6 (50.1-67.2) | 69.7 (66.3-73.2) | |
| 2007 | 81.4 (73.5-89.3) | 71.1 (62.8-79.4) | 71.7 (64.2-79.2) | 71.9 (64.6-79.2) | 65.1 (56.6-73.6) | 71.9 (68.3-75.4) | |
| Females | 2002 | 42.5 (32.0-52.9) | 40.7 (32.8-48.7) | 28.2 (22.2-34.2) | 28.0 (23.3-32.7) | 30.6 (24.3-37.0) | 32.4 (29.4-35.4) |
| 2003 | 44.1 (35.0-53.2) | 31.6 (24.5-38.7) | 31.1 (25.0-37.2) | 30.8 (26.7-34.9) | 23.6 (18.1-29.0) | 31.8 (29.0-34.5) | |
| 2005 | 44.9 (38.0-51.9) | 41.4 (35.2-47.6) | 33.8 (28.4-39.1) | 34.9 (29.9-39.9) | 33.9 (27.6-40.3) | 37.7 (35.0-40.3) | |
| 2006 | 38.0 (30.6-45.4) | 46.7 (39.2-54.1) | 35.2 (28.6-41.9) | 40.3 (34.1-46.4) | 28.3 (21.9-34.7) | 38.5 (35.4-41.5) | |
| 2007 | 50.2 (42.3-58.1) | 45.2 (37.8-52.6) | 36.0 (29.3-42.7) | 43.3 (37.3-49.3) | 28.2 (21.7-34.7) | 41.3 (38.2-44.4) | |
| Persons | 2002 | 57.8 (50.5-65.1) | 53.5 (47.1-59.8) | 45.2 (40.1-50.3) | 43.5 (39.4-47.5) | 42.3 (37.7-47.0) | 47.0 (44.6-49.3) |
| 2003 | 55.9 (48.8-63.0) | 47.9 (41.9-53.9) | 41.7 (36.6-46.8) | 47.0 (43.5-50.5) | 36.8 (31.7-41.9) | 45.4 (43.1-47.6) | |
| 2005 | 62.6 (57.7-67.6) | 55.4 (50.5-60.2) | 48.5 (44.1-52.9) | 49.4 (45.2-53.7) | 46.2 (41.0-51.4) | 52.4 (50.3-54.5) | |
| 2006 | 58.4 (52.6-64.2) | 58.4 (52.9-63.9) | 49.0 (43.7-54.4) | 52.5 (47.5-57.4) | 42.8 (37.2-48.3) | 52.7 (50.3-55.1) | |
| 2007 | 64.9 (58.9-70.9) | 57.1 (51.4-62.7) | 52.9 (47.4-58.4) | 55.0 (50.1-59.8) | 45.5 (39.6-51.4) | 55.1 (52.6-57.6) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 2002 (3,218), 2003 (3,335), 2005 (3,186), 2006 (2,246), 2007 (2,125). The indicator includes those who strongly agree or agree that they feel safe walking down their street after dark. The question used was: Do you strongly agree, disagree or strongly disagree with the statement I feel safe walking down my street after dark? |
| 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 July 2008 |