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Table 2 Level of psychological distress by sex, remoteness and Indigenous status, Australian adults aged 18-64 years, 2004-05*

From: Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data

 

Psychological distress category†‡

 

Low

Moderate

High

Very high

 

% (95% CI§)

% (95% CI§)

% (95% CI§)

% (95% CI§)

Indigenous males

    

   Non-remote

43.3 (38.9-47.6)

33.7 (30.4-37.1)

11.2 (8.6-13.8)

11.9 (9.1-14.6)

   Remote

53.0 (46.0-60.0)

29.2 (23.6-34.8)

9.8 (6.7-12.8)

8.0 (5.2-10.9)

   Total

45.9 (42.2-49.6)

32.5 (29.6-35.4)

10.8 (8.7-12.8)

10.8 (8.7-13.0)

Indigenous females

    

   Non-remote

31.0 (27.6-34.4)

36.5 (32.8-40.2)

14.3 (11.9-16.8)

18.2 (15.6-20.7)

   Remote

36.8 (32.2-41.5)

28.5 (25.0-31.9)

18.5 (15.3-21.7)

16.2 (12.9-19.5)

   Total

32.6 (29.9-35.2)

34.3 (31.5-37.2)

15.4 (13.5-17.4)

17.6 (15.6-19.7)

Indigenous persons

    

   Non-remote

36.7 (33.9-39.6)

35.2 (32.8-37.6)

12.8 (11.0-14.7)

15.2 (13.2-17.2)

   Remote

44.4 (40.0-48.9)

28.8 (25.8-31.8)

14.4 (12.1-16.6)

12.4 (10.2-14.5)

   Total

38.8 (36.5-41.1)

33.5 (31.5-35.4)

13.3 (11.8-14.8)

14.5 (12.9-16.0)

Non-Indigenous

    

   Males

55.7 (54.3-57.2)

33.3 (31.9-34.6)

6.5 (5.7-7.3)

4.5 (3.9-5.1)

   Females

49.9 (48.4-51.3)

34.2 (32.8-35.7)

9.4 (8.7-10.2)

6.5 (5.8-7.1)

   Persons

52.8 (51.7-53.8)

33.8 (32.7-34.8)

8.0 (7.5-8.5)

5.5 (5.0-5.9)

  1. * Source: Weighted data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004-05 confidentialised unit record file (CURF) [16]
  2. † Categories are based on K5 score ranges as follows: low = 5-7.9; moderate = 8-11.9; high = 12-14.9; very high = 15-25
  3. ‡ Excludes those with missing values. The proportion of participants with missing responses on individual questions ranged from 1.0% to 1.5% among Indigenous participants and 0.10%-0.12% among non-Indigenous respondents; a total of 2.2% of Indigenous respondents and 0.1% of non-Indigenous respondents were missing a response to at least one of the five questions comprising the K5
  4. § CI, confidence interval. Proportions are weighted to provide population estimates