Table 2.
Level of psychological distress by sex, remoteness and Indigenous status, Australian adults aged 18-64 years, 2004-05*
| Psychological distress category†‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Moderate | High | Very high | |
| % (95% CI§) | % (95% CI§) | % (95% CI§) | % (95% CI§) | |
| Indigenous males | ||||
| Non-remote | 43.3 (38.9-47.6) | 33.7 (30.4-37.1) | 11.2 (8.6-13.8) | 11.9 (9.1-14.6) |
| Remote | 53.0 (46.0-60.0) | 29.2 (23.6-34.8) | 9.8 (6.7-12.8) | 8.0 (5.2-10.9) |
| Total | 45.9 (42.2-49.6) | 32.5 (29.6-35.4) | 10.8 (8.7-12.8) | 10.8 (8.7-13.0) |
| Indigenous females | ||||
| Non-remote | 31.0 (27.6-34.4) | 36.5 (32.8-40.2) | 14.3 (11.9-16.8) | 18.2 (15.6-20.7) |
| Remote | 36.8 (32.2-41.5) | 28.5 (25.0-31.9) | 18.5 (15.3-21.7) | 16.2 (12.9-19.5) |
| Total | 32.6 (29.9-35.2) | 34.3 (31.5-37.2) | 15.4 (13.5-17.4) | 17.6 (15.6-19.7) |
| Indigenous persons | ||||
| Non-remote | 36.7 (33.9-39.6) | 35.2 (32.8-37.6) | 12.8 (11.0-14.7) | 15.2 (13.2-17.2) |
| Remote | 44.4 (40.0-48.9) | 28.8 (25.8-31.8) | 14.4 (12.1-16.6) | 12.4 (10.2-14.5) |
| Total | 38.8 (36.5-41.1) | 33.5 (31.5-35.4) | 13.3 (11.8-14.8) | 14.5 (12.9-16.0) |
| Non-Indigenous | ||||
| Males | 55.7 (54.3-57.2) | 33.3 (31.9-34.6) | 6.5 (5.7-7.3) | 4.5 (3.9-5.1) |
| Females | 49.9 (48.4-51.3) | 34.2 (32.8-35.7) | 9.4 (8.7-10.2) | 6.5 (5.8-7.1) |
| Persons | 52.8 (51.7-53.8) | 33.8 (32.7-34.8) | 8.0 (7.5-8.5) | 5.5 (5.0-5.9) |
* Source: Weighted data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004-05 confidentialised unit record file (CURF) [16]
† Categories are based on K5 score ranges as follows: low = 5-7.9; moderate = 8-11.9; high = 12-14.9; very high = 15-25
‡ Excludes those with missing values. The proportion of participants with missing responses on individual questions ranged from 1.0% to 1.5% among Indigenous participants and 0.10%-0.12% among non-Indigenous respondents; a total of 2.2% of Indigenous respondents and 0.1% of non-Indigenous respondents were missing a response to at least one of the five questions comprising the K5
§ CI, confidence interval. Proportions are weighted to provide population estimates