Table 4 Comparison of age-standardised notification rates (per 100,000 population) and rate ratios of STI†and BBV‡ notifications received in 2004 by Aboriginality prior to and following data linkage by estimation method
| Â | Pre-linkage | Sensitive | Specific | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease | ATSI | non-ATSI | RR (95% CI) | ATSI | non-ATSI | RR (95% CI) | ATSI | non-ATSI | RR (95% CI) |
Chlamydia | 1501 | 105 | 14.4 (11.2–18.6) | 1608 | 165 | 9.9 (7.6–12.9) | 1561 | 163 | 9.7 (7.4–12.7) |
Gonorrhoea | 1524 | 18.0 | 89.4 (51.0–157) | 1534 | 19.6 | 82.1 (49.7–136) | 1526 | 19.2 | 83.5 (49.4–141) |
Syphilis | 313 | 2.6 | 105 (65.3–168) | 315 | 3.8 | 70.5 (44.4–112) | 313 | 3.8 | 71.2 (45.1–112) |
Hepatitis B | 117 | 18.5 | 5.9 (4.3–8.0) | 122 | 20.1 | 5.7 (4.4–7.5) | 122 | 20.1 | 5.7 (4.4–7.5) |
Hepatitis C | 232 | 41.1 | 6.1 (4.7–8.0) | 271 | 58.2 | 5.0 (4.0–6.3) | 240 | 57.4 | 4.6 (3.5–6.0) |