TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation, 2009–2018.
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample (n) | 9,874 | 13,723 | 17,807 | 22,510 | 26,777 | 32,285 | 35,641 | 38,804 | 41,338 | 41,751 |
| Age (mean (SD) | 75.1 (11.6) | 75.3 (11.7) | 75.3 (11.8) | 75.7 (11.9) | 75.3 (11.9) | 75.3 (12.0) | 75.5 (11.9) | 75.6 (11.8) | 75.7 (11.8) | 76.0 (11.6) |
| Sex—male (%) | 5,076 (51.4) | 7,146 (52.1) | 9,363 (52.6) | 11,758 (52.2) | 14,251 (53.2) | 17,226 (53.4) | 19,119 (53.6) | 20,903 (53.9) | 22,301 (54.0) | 22,700 (54.4) |
| Indigenous status (%) | ||||||||||
| ATSI | 69 (0.7) | 119 (0.9) | 178 (1.0) | 230 (1.0) | 277 (1.0) | 343 (0.6) | 398 (1.1) | 452 (1.2) | 509 (1.2) | 540 (1.3) |
| Non-ATSI | 6,359 (64.4) | 9,030 (65.8) | 12,549 (70.5) | 16,313 (72.5) | 20,732 (77.4) | 25,530 (79.1) | 28,974 (81.3) | 32,190 (83.0) | 34,777 (84.1) | 35,442 (84.9) |
| Missing | 3,446 (34.9) | 4,574 (33.3) | 5,080 (28.5) | 5,967 (26.5) | 5,768 (21.5) | 6,412 (19.9) | 6,269 (17.6) | 6,162 (15.9) | 6,052 (14.6) | 5,769 (13.8) |
| State (%) | ||||||||||
| NSW | 4,031 (40.8) | 5,523 (40.3) | 7,564 (42.5) | 9,472 (42.1) | 10,944 (40.9) | 13,201 (40.9) | 14,267 (40.0) | 15,328 (39.5) | 16,245 (39.3) | 16,497 (39.5) |
| VIC | 2,060 (20.9) | 3,191 (23.3) | 4,117 (23.1) | 5,442 (24.2) | 5,996 (22.4) | 7,067 (21.9) | 7,672 (21.5) | 8,260 (21.3) | 8,533 (20.6) | 8,000 (19.2) |
| QLD | 1,350 (13.7) | 1,885 (13.7) | 2,306 (13.0) | 2,897 (12.9) | 3,869 (14.5) | 4,705 (14.6) | 5,487 (15.4) | 5,992 (15.4) | 6,701 (16.2) | 7,030 (16.8) |
| WA | 878 (8.9) | 1,054 (7.7) | 1,188 (6.7) | 1,348 (6.0) | 2,055 (7.7) | 2,765 (8.6) | 3,163 (8.9) | 3,659 (9.4) | 4,002 (9.7) | 4,102 (9.8) |
| TAS | 1,208 (12.2) | 1,511 (11.0) | 1,729 (9.7) | 2,156 (9.6) | 2,311 (8.6) | 2,727 (8.5) | 2,937 (8.2) | 3,064 (7.9) | 3,209 (7.8) | 3,454 (8.3) |
| SA | 230 (12.2) | 319 (2.3) | 534 (3.0) | 774 (3.4) | 1,054 (3.9) | 1,183 (3.7) | 1,294 (3.6) | 1,345 (3.5) | 1,393 (3.4) | 1,421 (3.4) |
| ACT | 42 (0.4) | 100 (0.7) | 126 (0.7) | 147 (0.7) | 272 (1.0) | 351 (1.1) | 493 (1.4) | 812 (2.1) | 874 (2.1) | 884 (2.1) |
| NT | 75 (0.8) | 140 (1.0) | 243 (1.4) | 274 (1.2) | 276 (1.0) | 286 (0.9) | 328 (0.9) | 344 (0.9) | 381 (0.9) | 363 (0.9) |
| Rurality (%) | ||||||||||
| Major cities | 5,189 (52.6) | 7,355 (53.6) | 9,460 (53.1) | 12,237 (54.4) | 15,167 (56.6) | 18,469 (57.2) | 20,528 (57.6) | 22,581 (58.2) | 24, 251 (58.7) | 23,918 (57.3) |
| Inner regional | 3,178 (32.2) | 4,156 (30.3) | 5,599 (31.4) | 7,027 (31.2) | 8,014 (29.9) | 9,669 (30.0) | 10,583 (29.7) | 11,414 (29.4) | 12,002 (29.0) | 12,686 (30.4) |
| Outer regional | 1,340 (13.6) | 1,968 (14.3) | 2,465 (13.8) | 2,917 (13.0) | 3,228 (12.1) | 3,624 (11.2) | 3,928 (11.0) | 4,123 (10.6) | 4,307 (10.4) | 4,317 (10.3) |
| Remote/very remote | 86 (0.9) | 137 (1.0) | 171 (1.0) | 190 (0.8) | 221 (0.8) | 340 (1.1) | 413 (1.2) | 481 (1.2) | 585 (1.4) | 642 (1.5) |
| Missing | 81 (0.8) | 107 (0.8) | 112 (0.6) | 139 (0.6) | 147 (0.6) | 183 (0.6) | 189 (0.5) | 205 (0.5) | 193 (0.5) | 188 (0.5) |
| SEIFA quintiles (%) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2,177 (22.1) | 3,030 (22.1) | 3,810 (21.4) | 4,500 (20.0) | 5,020 (18.8) | 5,828 (18.1) | 6,375 (17.9) | 6,847 (17.7) | 7,113 (17.2) | 7,022 (16.8) |
| 2 | 1,702 (17.2) | 2,238 (16.3) | 3,233 (18.2) | 4,183 (18.6) | 5,032 (18.8) | 6,213 (19.2) | 7,027 (19.7) | 7,690 (19.8) | 8,227 (19.9) | 8,376 (20.1) |
| 3 | 2,622 (26.6) | 3,571 (26.0) | 4,613 (25.9) | 5,839 (25.9) | 6,911 (25.8) | 8,287 (25.7) | 8,991 (25.2) | 9,560 (24.6) | 10,231 (24.8) | 10,498 (25.1) |
| 4 | 1,466 (14.9) | 2,014 (14.7) | 2,612 (14.7) | 3,332 (14.8) | 4,177 (15.6) | 5,085 (15.8) | 5,731 (16.1) | 6,410 (16.5) | 7,010 (17.0) | 7,177 (17.2) |
| 5 | 1,815 (18.4) | 2,747 (20.0) | 3,398 (19.1) | 4,480 (19.9) | 5,446 (20.3) | 6,622 (20.5) | 7,254 (20.4) | 8,017 (20.7) | 8,489 (20.5) | 8,414 (20.2) |
| Missing | 92 (0.9) | 123 (0.9) | 141 (0.8) | 176 (0.8) | 191 (0.7) | 250 (0.8) | 263 (0.7) | 280 (0.7) | 268 (0.7) | 264 (0.6) |
| CHA2DS2-VASc score (%) | ||||||||||
| Low (0 males, 1 in females) | 548 (5.6) | 805 (5.9) | 1,072 (6.0) | 1,349 (6.0) | 1,753 (6.6) | 2,155 (6.7) | 2,345 (6.6) | 2,569 (6.6) | 2,713 (6.6) | 2,548 (6.1) |
| Moderate (1 in males) | 619 (6.3) | 863 (6.3) | 1,115 (6.3) | 1,360 (6.0) | 1,847 (6.9) | 2,196 (6.8) | 2,400 (6.7) | 2,603 (6.7) | 2,852 (6.9) | 2,918 (7.0) |
| High (≥2) | 8,707 (88.2) | 12,055 (87.9) | 15,620 (87.7) | 19,801 (88.0) | 23,177 (86.6) | 27,934 (86.5) | 30,896 (86.7) | 33, 632 (86.7) | 35,773 (86.5) | 36,285 (87.0) |
ATSI, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; SD, standard deviation; SEIFA, socioeconomic indexes for areas.