Table 3.
Age and sex-standardised prevalence, prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of health care service use, by Aboriginal status
| Health care service | Prevalence (%) | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted | Crude | |||||
| Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal (95% CI) | p value | |
| Had a blood pressure checka | 79.6 | 83.0 | 79.3 | 1.00 | 1.0 (1.0-1.1) | 0.001 |
| Had a blood cholesterol checka | 57.2 | 59.4 | 52.1 | 1.00 | 1.0 (0.9-1.1) | 0.459 |
| Had a blood glucose checka | 53.6 | 56.5 | 50.9 | 1.00 | 1.1 (0.9-1.2) | 0.457 |
| Attended a public hospitalb | 47.1 | 50.3 | 52.0 | 1.00 | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) | 0.372 |
| Saw professional for mental healthb | 11.3 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 1.00 | 1.7 (1.1-2.4) | 0.008 |
| Ever saw an eye health professional | 77.6 | 75.2 | 69.8 | 1.00 | 1.0 (0.9-1.1) | 0.975 |
| Bowel examination for bowel cancera | 29.7 | 36.1 | 34.9 | 1.00 | 1.2 (0.9-1.7) | 0.300 |
aIn preceding two years.
bIn preceding 12 months.