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Table 1 Assault hospitalization incidence ratea by age-group, Northern Territory 2011-2016

From: The extent of violence inflicted on adolescent Aboriginal girls in the Northern Territory

Age-group

Aboriginal

  

Non-Aboriginalc

  

Male

Female

Ratiob

Male

Female

Ratio

0-9

2.17

2.21

1.02

(0.74-1.38)

na

na

na

 

10-13

2.09

3.56

1.70

(1.11-2.62)

na

na

na

 

14-17

7.44

16.70

2.25

(1.80-2.80)

1.24

0.54

0.44

(0.22-0.88)

  1. a incidence rate per 1000 person-years
  2. b incidence rate ratio (female:male) and 95% confidence interval
  3. c for non-Aboriginal children the rate ratio was calculated only for the 14-17 year age-group because there were only 13 assault hospitalizations for non-Aboriginal children aged less than 14 years
  4. na. Not available because of very small number of events for these categories
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