Table 1 Aboriginality of STI†and BBV‡ notifications received in 2004 prior to data linkage, and the proportion of notifications with unknown Aboriginality following data linkage
| Â | Pre-linkage | Post-linkage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease | Aboriginal n (%) | Non-Aboriginal n (%) | Unknown n (%) | Unknown n (%) |
Chlamydia, n = 4329 | 1078 (25) | 1789 (41) | 1462 (34) | 402 (9.3) |
Gonorrhoea, n = 1433 | 1085 (76) | 307 (21) | 41 (3) | 12 (0.8) |
Syphilis, n = 206 | 137 (66) | 45 (22) | 24 (12) | 2 (1.0) |
Donovanosis, n = 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Hepatitis B, n = 435 | 61 (14) | 317 (72) | 57 (13) | 27 (6.2) |
Hepatitis C, n = 1215 | 134 (11) | 706 (58) | 375 (31) | 76 (6.3) |
Total, n = 7619 | 2496 (33) | 3164 (41) | 1959 (26) | 519 (6.8) |