Table 1.

Demographic and social characteristics of exposed and unexposed participants.

Characteristic	Morwell (Exposed) N = 336		Sale (Unexposed) N = 162		p-Value
	n	Weighted %	n	Weighted %
Age Category
55–69 years	150	45.9	72	49.1	0.785
70–79	127	35.7	63	32.6
80+	59	18.4	27	18.3
Gender (female)	150	45.2	70	43	0.618
Ethnicity (Caucasian/white)	320	95.8	157	99.1	0.033
Employment status
Employed	50	16.9	41	29.1	0.013
Retired	261	75.2	111	65.8
Other	25	7.9	8	5.1
Highest educational qualification
Secondary ≤ year 10	136	40.5	55	32.7	0.288
Secondary years 11 or 12	53	15.7	33	21.1
Certificate (trade/apprenticeship/technicians)	106	31.9	55	35.3
University/Tertiary degree	39	11.9	18	10.9
IRSD Score	Weighted Mean	SEM	Weighted Mean	SEM	p-value
	867.4	8.5	928.2	4.7	<0.001

Abbreviations: IRSD = Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage; SEM = Standard error of the mean.