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Table 2 Crude and adjusted prevalence rates (%) and prevalence odds ratios (OR) by region of birth, males

From: Type 2 diabetes prevalence varies by socio-economic status within and between migrant groups: analysis and implications for Australia

Region of birth

Victorian population sizea

Observed

Age-adjustedb

Observed

Age-adjustedb

Age- and SES-adjustedc

 

n

%

%

OR (95% CI) d

OR (95% CI) d

OR (95% CI) d

Oceania

39802

3.7

4.9

2.2 (2.1-2.3)

2.5 (2.4-2.7)

2.6 (2.5-2.8)

North-West Europe

141754

6.2

3.0

3.8 (3.7-3.9)

1. 5 (1.4-1.5)

1.5 (1.4-1.5)

Southern & Eastern Europe

142711

10.2

4.1

6.4 (6.3-6.6)

2.0 (2.0-2.1)

2.0 (2.0-2.1)

North Africa & Middle East

37540

7.7

7.1

4.7 (4.6-4.9)

4.0 (3.8-4.2)

4.0 (3.8-4.2)

South-East Asia

74102

4.4

5.9

2.6 (2.5-2.7)

3.2 (3.0-3.3)

3.1 (3.0-3.3)

North-East Asia

41127

2. 7

3.5

1.6 (1.5-1.7)

1.7 (1.6-1.8)

1.9 (1.8-2.0)

Southern & Central Asia

54555

6.3

8.4

3.8 (3.7-3.9)

5.0 (4.8-5.2)

5.2 (5.0-5.4)

Americas

19252

3.7

4.0

2.2 (2.0-2.4)

2.0 (1.8-2.2)

2.0 (1.9-2.2)

Sub-Saharan Africa

22072

4.7

5.3

2.8 (2.6-3.0)

2.8 (2.6-3.0)

2.9 (2.7-3.1)

Australia

1682160

1.7

2.1

Referent

Referent

Referent

TOTAL e

2421553

4.1

4.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

Overseas

572915

6.5

4.2

3.9 (3.9-4.0)

2.1 (2.1-2.2)

2.2 (2.1-2.2)

Pacific Islands

7829

7.7

10.1

4.7 (4.3-5.1)

6.5 (5.9-7.1)

6.3 (5.7-6.9)

New Zealand

31973

2.7

3.6

1.6 (1.5-1.7)

1.8 (1.7-1.9)

1.9 (1.7-2.0)

  1. a based on 2006 Victorian census counts, b adjusted for age group; c adjusted for age group and SES quintile (n = 4997 missing data); d 95% confidence interval; e includes region of birth unknown.