Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics | Hospital % (n/N) |
Primary Care % (n/N) |
Aged Care % (n/N) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1811 | N = 898 | N = 365 | N = 3074 | |
Gender # | ||||
Female | 88.6 (1552/1751) | 77.1 (671/870) | 89.8 (309/344) | 85.4 (2532/2965) |
Age # | ||||
18–49 | 59.5 (1044/1754) | 50.2 (436/869) | 47.8 (163/341) | 55.4 (1643/2964) |
50≤ | 40.5 (710/1754) | 49.8 (433/869) | 52.2 (178/341) | 44.6 (1321/2964) |
Country of birth | ||||
Born in Australia | 70.2 (1272/1811) | 68.5 (615/898) | 57.5 (210/365) | 68.2 (2097/3074) |
Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) # | ||||
Yes | 0.5 (8/1749) | 1.0 (9/860) | 2.3 (8/341) | 0.8 (25/2950) |
Language other than English spoken at home # | ||||
Yes | 13.7 (235/1717) | 15.9 (134/843) | 27.2 (89/327) | 15.9 (458/2887) |
Culturally and linguistically diverse ^^,# | ||||
Yes | 33.3 (592/1780) | 36.9 (324/878) | 47.5 (168/354) | 36.0 (1084/3012) |
Occupation | ||||
Nurse | 75.2 (1362/1811) | 46.8 (420/898) | 79.2 (289/365) | 67.4 (2071/3074) |
Medical Doctor | 5.6 (102/1811) | 7.6 (68/898) | 0.3 (1/365) | 5.6 (171/3074) |
Pharmacist | 1.2 (22/1811) | 3.0 (27/898) | 1.1 (4/365) | 1.7 (53/3074) |
Allied Health Professional | 9.5 (172/1811) | 6.3 (57/898) | 0.8 (3/365) | 7.5 (232/3074) |
Personal support staff | 0.2 (4/1811) | 1.2 (11/898) | 14.0 (51/365) | 2.1 (66/3074) |
Ambulance staff | 0.4 (8/1811) | 12.9 (116/898) | 0.0 (0/365) | 4.0 (124/3074) |
Other | 7.8 (141/1811) | 22.2 (199/898) | 4.7 (17/365) | 11.6 (357/3074) |
Employment status # | ||||
Full-time | 39.2 (681/1737) | 48.0 (415/864) | 32.2 (109/339) | 41.0 (1205/2940) |
Regionality # | ||||
Regional | 20.4 (328/1609) | 27.6 (221/802) | 42.1 (135/321) | 25.0 (684/2732) |
Metropolitan | 79.6 (1281/1609) | 72.4 (581/802) | 57.9 (186/321) | 75.0 (2048/2732) |
Any comorbidity # | ||||
Yes | 32.4 (515/1589) | 33.5 (269/803) | 35.5 (110/310) | 33.1 (894/2702) |
Has been tested for COVID # | ||||
Yes | 83.0 (1494/1800) | 68.0 (609/895) | 84.9 (309/364) | 78.8 (2412/3059) |
Note: # indicates missing data; ^^ CALD = born outside Australia and/or speaks a language other than English at home.