Table 2 Chlamydia testing and positivity rate, by Aboriginal status, ACCESS network, age group, sex and area of residence, among 16–29 year olds
Aboriginal | Category | Breakdown | General practice clinics (a) | Sexual health services (b) | Aboriginal community controlled health services (c) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Tested | Positive* | Patients | Tested | Positive | Patients | Tested | Positive* | |||
N | n (%) | n (%) | n | n (%) | n (%) | n | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | All | 447 | 19 (4.3) | 3 (15.8) | 845 | 638 (75.5) | 145 (22.7) | 4207 | 833 (19.8) | 72 (8.6) | |
Sex | Male | 140 | 3 (2.1) | 1 (33.3) | 334 | 273 (81.7) | 67 (24.5) | 1669 | 261 (15.6) | 18 (8.1) | |
Female | 307 | 16 (5.2) | 2 (13.3) | 508 | 363 (71.5) | 78 (21.5) | 2538 | 572 (22.5) | 54 (9.4) | ||
Age group (years) | 16-19 | 148 | 7 (4.7) | 2 (28.6) | 415 | 321 (77.3) | 76 (23.7) | 1426 | 268 (18.8) | 27 (10.1) | |
20-24 | 165 | 7 (4.2) | 1 (14.3) | 269 | 208 (77.3) | 52 (25.0) | 1515 | 308 (20.3) | 29 (9.4) | ||
25-29 | 134 | 5 (3.7) | -(0.0) | 161 | 109 (67.7) | 17 (15.6) | 1266 | 257 (20.3) | 16 (6.2) | ||
Patient area of residence | Metropolitan | 341 | 8 (2.3) | -(0.0) | 172 | 115 (66.9) | 17 (14.8) | 824 | 171 (20.8) | 14 (8.2) | |
Regional/remote | 101 | 11 (10.9) | 3 (27.3) | 596 | 468 (78.5) | 119 (25.4) | 3341 | 659 (19.7) | 57 (8.6) | ||
Non-Indigenous | All | 10,759 | 920 (8.6) | 75 (8.2) | 18,968 | 14851 (78.3) | 1887 (12.7) | 556 | 62 (11.2) | 7 (11.3) | |
Sex | Male | 4,094 | 218 (5.3) | 22 (10.1) | 9,825 | 7848 (79.9) | 1051 (13.4) | 211 | 16 (7.6) | 2 (12.5) | |
Female | 6,665 | 702 (10.5) | 53 (7.5) | 9,103 | 6979 (76.7) | 833 (11.9) | 345 | 46 (13.3) | 5 (10.9) | ||
Age group (years) | 16-19 | 2,986 | 238 (8.0) | 25 (10.5) | 3,116 | 2414 (77.5) | 373 (15.5) | 147 | 12 (8.2) | 2 (16.7) | |
20-24 | 3,971 | 409 (10.3) | 42 (10.4) | 8,444 | 6693 (79.3) | 915 (13.7) | 217 | 29 (13.2) | 4 (13.8) | ||
25-29 | 3,802 | 273 (7.2) | 8 (2.9) | 7,408 | 5744 (77.5) | 599 (10.4) | 192 | 21 (10.9) | 1 (4.8) | ||
Patient area of residence | Metropolitan | 5,598 | 448 (8.0) | 28 (6.3) | 12,207 | 9580 (78.0) | 1124 (11.7) | 137 | 8 (5.8) | 2 (25.0) | |
Regional/remote | 5,108 | 470 (9.2) | 47 (10.0) | 5,082 | 3899 (76.7) | 587 (15.1) | 397 | 53 (13.4) | 5 (9.4) | ||