Table 1.
Key social indicators by Indigenous status
| Social indicators |
Indigenous% |
Non-Indigenous % |
Difference |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n | % | N | n | % | % | 95% | CI | |
| Domestic Violence (afraid for physical safety)a |
301 |
13 |
4.3 |
7,089 |
149 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
−0.1 |
4.5 |
| Domestic Violence (emotional abuse)a |
298 |
16 |
5.4 |
7,089 |
230 |
3.2 |
2.1 |
−0.5 |
4.7 |
| Smoking at 1st visitb |
1,495 |
733 |
49.0 |
42,793 |
8,174 |
19.1 |
29.9 |
27.4 |
32.5* |
| Current Cannabis use at 1st visitb |
1,137 |
72 |
6.3 |
33,279 |
564 |
1.7 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
6.1* |
| Alcohol consumption during pregnancya |
335 |
31 |
9.3 |
9,165 |
672 |
7.3 |
1.9 |
−1.2 |
5.1 |
| DOCSa |
342 |
42 |
12.3 |
9,117 |
239 |
2.6 |
9.7 |
6.2 |
13.2* |
| EDS >14a | 155 | 14 | 9.0 | 7,989 | 421 | 5.3 | 3.8 | −0.8 | 8.3 |
* Statistically significant; CI = Confidence Interval; DOCS = Department of Child Safety; EDS = Edinburgh Depression Scale.
a Data May 2007–December 2009 only. Total Indigenous pregnancies n = 32, total non-Indigenous pregnancies n = 9,516.
b Data 1998–2009. Total Indigenous pregnancies n = 1,499, total non-Indigenous pregnancies n = 42,810.