Table 4.
Age-Specific Rheumatic Heart Disease* Deaths in the Period1997–2005 in Indigenous Persons in the NT and the 4 States and in Non-Indigenous Persons in the 5 States
| Sex | NT Indigenous‡ | 4 States Indigenous† | 5 States Non-Indigenous | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Group, y | n | Rate§ | CI | DRR | CI | n | Rate | CI | DRR | CI | n | Rate | CI |
| Male | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 4 | 0 | 0 | na | 0 | na | 0 | 0 | na | 0 | na | 1 | 0 | 0.0 to 0.2 |
| 5 to 24 | 7 | 6.1 | 2.9 to 12.8 | 342.2 | 78.1 to 2051.0 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.7 | 39.6 | 7.7 to 255.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
| 25 to 44 | 17 | 22.5 | 14.0 to 36.2 | 193.7 | 95.9 to 385.4 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.3 to 6.1 | 32.3 | 15.8 to 65.0 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.2 |
| 45 to 64 | 5 | 18.1 | 7.5 to 43.5 | 25.8 | 8.2 to 62.3 | 13 | 7.2 | 4.2 to 12.4 | 10.8 | 5.3 to 18.4 | 100 | 0.7 | 0.6 to 0.9 |
| ≥65 | 1 | 18.1 | 2.5 to 128.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 to 17.1 | 5 | 12.7 | 5.3 to 30.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 to 5.0 | 405 | 5.9 | 5.9 to 6.5 |
| Female | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.4 to 21.6 | 0 | na | 0 | 0 | na | 0 | na | 0 | 0 | na |
| 5 to 24 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.9 to 12.9 | 331.2 | 75.6 to 1984.8 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.4 to 2.0 | 47.4 | 10.1 to 292.7 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
| 25 to 44 | 22 | 27.9 | 18.4 to 42.3 | 168.6 | 92.6 to 302.1 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.7 to 8.2 | 33.4 | 18.8 to 58.8 | 30 | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.2 |
| 45 to 64 | 15 | 46.1 | 27.8 to 76.5 | 46.9 | 25.5 to 80.0 | 19 | 9.8 | 6.3 to 15.4 | 10.0 | 5.8 to 16.2 | 138 | 1 | 0.8 to 1.8 |
| ≥65 | 8 | 92.5 | 46.6 to 184.9 | 9.1 | 3.9 to 18.1 | 15 | 29.1 | 17.6 to 48.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 to 4.8 | 865 | 10.1 | 9.5 to 10.8 |
| Persons | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2 to 10.5 | 114.8 | 1.5 to 9008.5 | 0 | 0 | na | 0 | na | 1 | 0 | na |
| 5 to 24 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.6 to 10.4 | 336.8 | 121.6 to 1069.2 | 11 | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.4 | 43.1 | 14.7 to 143.2 | 6 | 0 | na |
| 25 to 44 | 39 | 25.2 | 18.4 to 34.5 | 179.3 | 115.0 to 277.4 | 41 | 4.7 | 3.4 to 6.3 | 33.1 | 21.4 to 51.0 | 51 | 0.1 | 0.1 to 0.2 |
| 45 to 64 | 20 | 33.2 | 21.4 to 51.5 | 39.5 | 23.7 to 62.4 | 32 | 8.7 | 6.1 to 12.1 | 10.2 | 6.8 to 14.8 | 238 | 0.8 | 0.7 to 1.0 |
| ≥65 | 9 | 63.4 | 33.0 to 121.9 | 7.7 | 3.5 to 14.6 | 20 | 22 | 14.2 to 34.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 to 4.1 | 1270 | 8.3 | 7.8 to 8.7 |
4 states indicates New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia; 5 states, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory; DRR, death rate ratio; na, not applicable; NT, Northern Territory.
*
Underlying cause only.
†
Four states Indigenous compared with 5 states non-Indigenous.
‡
NT Indigenous compared with 5 states non-Indigenous.
§
Per 100 000.