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. 2009 Mar 27;9:92. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-92

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics (weighted) for category of remoteness.

Maj city* IR ORe/R/VR
Age
 1 = 18–19 years 3.9% (95% CI = 3.0–3–5) 4.1% (95% CI = 2.7–6.4) 3.1% (95% CI = 1.3–7.1)
 2 = 20–24 years 9.1% (95% CI = 7.8–10.7) 8.2% (95% CI = 6.1–10.8) 8.3% (95% CI = 5.0–13.5)
 3 = 25–29 years 8.1% (95% CI = 7.0–9.4) 5.9% (95% CI = 4.1–8.3) 9.2% (95% CI = 6.5–12.8)
 4 = 30–34 years 11.6% (95% CI = 10.2–13.0) 9.1% (95% CI = 7.1–11.5) 12.9% (95% CI = 8.9–18.4)
 5 = 35–40 years 9.5% (95% CI = 8.4–10.7) 9.6% (95% CI = 7.6–12.0) 8.6% (95% CI = 6.0–12.1)
 6 = 41–44 years 10.4% (95% CI = 9.2–11.8) 10.2% (95% CI = 8.3–12.6) 12.0% (95% CI = 7.8–17.9)
 7 = 45–50 years 9.6% (95% CI = 8.4–10.9) 10.1% (95% CI = 8.2–12.4) 7.4% (95% CI = 5.1–10.5)
 8 = 51–54 years 8.5% (95% CI = 7.4–9.7) 8.4% (95% CI = 6.7–10.4) 8.6% (95% CI = 6.2–12.0)
 9 = 55–59 years 7.3% (95% CI = 6.3–8.3) 7.1% (95% CI = 5.7–8.9) 6.6% (95% CI = 4.6–9.4)
 10 = 60–64 years 5.8% (95% CI = 4.9–7.0) 7.4% (95% CI = 5.8–9.5 6.5% (95% CI = 4.2–9.7)
 11 = 65–69 years 3.9% (95% CI = 3.2–4.7) 6.1% (95% CI = 4.9–7.5) 5.8% (95% CI = 4.0–8.3)
 12 = 70–74 years 4.7% (95% CI = 4.0–5.6) 5.3% (95% CI = 4.0–7.1) 3.9% (95% CI = 2.6–5.9
 13 = 70+ years 7.6% (95% CI = 6.3–9.1) 8.3% (95% CI = 6.3–11.0) 7.2% (95% CI = 4.2–11.8)
Sex (males) 49% (95% CI = 46.8–51.2) 48.1% (95% CI = 44.7–51.5) 50.6% (95% CI = 45.2–50.6)
Education 27.3% (95% CI = 24.5–30.4) 15.7% (95%CI = 12.3–19.8) 7.8% (95% CI = 4.8–12.7)

Maj City = Major City, IR = Inner Regional, ORe/R/VR = Outer Regional/Remote/Very remote; *Reference category; CI = Confidence interval.