Table 1.

Patient sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of a recorded diagnosis of osteoporosis, MedicineInsight 2012–17

CHARACTERISTICS		Total patient study population N = 203,201	Patients with osteoporosis recorded N = 25,188	Prevalence of recorded diagnosis of osteoporosis
		Number	Number	Proportion (%)	95% CI
Sex	Male	86,221	4589	5.3	4.9–5.7
	Female	116,980	20,599	17.6	16.7–18.5
Age (years)	50–59	45,824	1090	2.4	2.2–2.6
	60–69	58,306	4033	6.9	6.5–7.3
	70–79	58,893	8730	14.8	14.0–15.6
	80–89	32,363	8544	26.4	25.1–27.7
	≥90	7815	2791	35.7	33.7–37.7
State/Territory	Australian Capital Territory	7003	755	10.8	8.7–12.8
	New South Wales	76,312	9954	13.0	12.1–14.0
	Northern Territory	247	10	4.0	0.9–7.2
	Queensland	31,961	4579	14.3	12.7–15.9
	South Australia	7962	947	11.9	9.6–14.2
	Tasmania	14,144	1335	9.4	8.0–10.8
	Victoria	34,903	4181	12.0	10.4–13.6
	Western Australia	30,668	3427	11.2	9.4–12.9
	Missing	1
Rurality	Major city	128,498	16,755	13.0	12.3–13.8
	Inner regional	56,654	6722	11.9	10.5–13.2
	Outer regional	11,606	1153	9.9	8.3–11.6
	Remote/very remote	2690	183	6.8	5.4–8.2
	Missing	3753
Socio-economic status (SEIFAb IRSAD quintile)	1 (least advantaged)	32,553	4184	12.9	11.2–14.5
	2	32,372	3993	12.3	11.1–13.5
	3	53,017	6084	11.5	10.4–12.5
	4	35,848	4647	13.0	11.8–14.2
	5 (most advantaged)	48,839	6233	12.8	11.6–13.9
	Missing	572

^bSocio-Economic Indexes for Areas