Table 4.
Residential fire-related incidents that resulted in health service utilisation in social housing dwellings and non-social housing dwellings based on residents' demographics from 2005 to 2014, NSW, Australia.
N* = 2,388 |
Residential fire-related incidents |
Social housing vs non-social housing |
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Demographic Characteristics |
Social |
Non-social |
Total |
RR | 95%CI | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 133 | 41.8 | 767 | 37.1 | 900 | 37.7 | 1.19 | 0.96 – 1.46 | |
Male | 115 | 36.2 | 816 | 39.4 | 931 | 39.0 | 0.89 | 0.71 – 1.09 | |
Undetermined | 70 | 22.0 | 487 | 23.5 | 557 | 23.3 | 0.93 | 0.72 – 1.18 | |
Age | |||||||||
<25 | 20 | 6.3 | 169 | 8.2 | 189 | 7.9 | 0.78 | 0.49 – 1.16 | |
25–65 | 183 | 57.6 | 990 | 47.8 | 1,173 | 49.1 | 1.40 | 1.14 – 1.73* | |
65+ | 43 | 13.5 | 414 | 20.0 | 456 | 19.1 | 0.66 | 0.48 – 0.89* | |
Undetermined | 72 | 22.6 | 497 | 24.0 | 569 | 23.8 | 0.94 | 0.73 – 1.19 |
Significance (p value) = * < 0.01, ** < 0.001, *** < 0.0001.