Table 4.

Participation rate ratios (PRRs) [95% CI] for cervical screening by region, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 20–69 years, Queensland, Australia, 2013–2017.

	Adjusted Odds ratios ACCHO versus non-ACCHO (95% CI)1,2,3
	North Queensland
Region	p < 0.001
Rest of Queensland	1.00
North Queensland	2.57 [2.22, 2.98]
Age group (years)	p < 0.001
20–29	1.00
30–39	1.07 [1.00, 1.14]
40–49	1.16 [1.07, 1.26]
50–59	1.27 [1.16, 1.41]
60–69	1.31 [1.14, 1.50]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female (%)4	p < 0.001
Low (<2.0%)	1.00
High (≥2.0%)	1.56 [1.36, 1.78]
Area-level disadvantage5	p < 0.001
Most advantaged	0.87 [0.72, 1.05]
Advantaged	0.77 [0.68, 0.88]
Middle SES	0.65 [0.58, 0.71]
Disadvantaged	0.71 [0.66, 0.77]
Most disadvantaged	1.00
Remoteness6	p < 0.001
Major cities	3.26 [2.78, 3.82]
Inner regional	2.03 [1.73, 2.39]
Outer regional	1.00
Remote	2.03 [1.82, 2.25]
Very remote	1.77 [1.60, 1.96]

ACCHO, Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation; CI, confidence interval.

1. Estimated using fully adjusted main-effect logistic regression models.

2. P-values from Wald’s joint test of coefficients for multivariate logistic regression.

3. ACCHO Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHOs) are community-controlled health services designed to meet the primary healthcare needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

4. Based on 2016 Census.

5. Area-level disadvantage was defined by the 2016 SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage.

6. Remote areas were defined by the Remoteness Areas 2016 classification.