Table 4 Comparison of age-standardised notification rates (per 100,000 population) and standardised rate ratios (RR) of STI and BBV notifications received in 2010 by Aboriginality prior to and following linkage by estimation method
Disease | Pre-linkage Aboriginal | Pre-linkage Non-Aboriginal | Pre-linkage RR†| Ever Aboriginal | Consistent non-Aboriginal | Ever-Consistent RR†| ≥ 25% Aboriginal | > 75% non-Aboriginal | 25%-75% RR†|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | rate (95%CI) | rate (95%CI) | (95% CI) | rate (95%CI) | rate (95%CI) | (95% CI) | rate (95%CI) | rate (95%CI) | (95% CI) |
Chlamydia | 1573.7 | 325.2 | 5.0 | 1778.6 | 360.1 | 5.1 | 1657.1 | 365.5 | 4.7 |
(1493.5-1653.9) | (317.7-332.6) | (4.7-5.2) | (1693.3-1863.9) | (352.3-367.9) | (4.8-5.3) | (1574.7-1739.5) | (357.6-373.4) | (4.4-4.9) | |
Gonorrhoea | 895.8 | 24.9 | 38.4 | 920.4 | 24.0 | 40.8 | 906.3 | 24.6 | 39.2 |
(833.2-958.5) | (22.8-27.0) | (34.5-42.8) | (856.8-983.9) | (22.0-26.0) | (36.6-45.5) | (843.2-969.4) | (22.5-26.7) | (35.2-43.7) | |
Syphilis infectious | 24.2 | 2.9 | 9.0 | 27.5 | 2.8 | 10.4 | 25.8 | 2.8 | 9.7 |
(12.9-35.4) | (2.2-3.6) | (5.4-15.1) | (15.3-39.7) | (2.1-3.5) | (6.3-17.1) | (14.1-37.6) | (2.1-3.5) | (5.8-16.1) | |
Syphilis noninfectious‡ | 39.0 | 2.3 | 11.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(15.4-62.6) | (1.7-3.0) | (6.6-20.7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Hepatitis B | 98.6 | 31.8 | 2.0 | 108.0 | 32.5 | 2.1 | 105.9 | 32.5 | 2.0 |
(61.8-135.5) | (29.4-34.1) | (1.5-2.7) | (69.0-147.1) | (30.1-34.8) | (1.5-2.8) | (67.1-144.8) | (30.1-34.9) | (1.5-2.7) | |
Hepatitis C | 187.5 | 40.2 | 5.1 | 232.0 | 39.8 | 6.3 | 193.3 | 41.0 | 5.1 |
| Â | (154.9-220.1) | (37.6-42.9) | (4.2-6.1) | (195.6-268.4) | (37.1-42.4) | (5.3-7.5) | (160.2-226.5) | (38.3-43.7) | (4.2-6.1) |