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Table 5 Indigenous: Non-Indigenous relative risk of influenza incidence amongst the total (general) population and chronic disease sub-populationsa

From: The role of chronic disease in the disparity of influenza incidence and severity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australian peoples during the 2009 influenza pandemic

 

State/territory

Notifications—

relative risk

Notifications—

95% CIb

Hospitalisations—

relative risk

Hospitalisations—

95% CI

ICU admissions

—

relative risk

ICU admissions

—

95% CI

Deaths

—

relative risk

Deaths

—

95% CI

All Australia

WA/SAc

1·50

1·37–1·64

7·48

6·35–8·80

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLDd

··

··

9·34

8·50–10·27

··

··

··

··

All Australia

··

··

··

··

9·46

7·47–11·99

8·71

5·99–12·67

Chronic lower respiratory conditions

WA/SA

3·26

2·60–4·09

5·62

4·26–7·40

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLD

··

··

13·63

11·50–16·15

14·63

9·71–22·05

10·13

4·47–22·94

Diabetes mellitus

WA/SA

9·37

7·30–12·03

12·68

9·17–17·54

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLD

··

··

25·39

20·19–31·94

34·88

20·23–60·15

68·40

18·30–255·55

Obesity

WA/SA

4·14

2·88–5·96

5·55

3·49–8·63

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLD

··

··

6·55

4·53–9·46

4·50

2·07–9·82

7·19

1·85–27·86

Renal disease

WA/SA

13·26

8·37–21·03

11·56

6·81–19·62

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLD

··

··

41·51

29·09–59·22

32·11

12·42–71·53

29·10

5·16–163·88

Cardiac disease

WA/SA

15·46

11·85–20·64

15·82

11·21–22·33

··

··

··

··

WA/SA/NT/QLD

··

··

29·52

22·93–38·01

30·16

16·96–53·64

48·71

14·34–165·48

  1. aAge-standardised
  2. bConfidence interval
  3. cWestern Australia / South Australia
  4. dWestern Australia / South Australia / the Northern Territory / Queensland