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Table 1 NT public hospital episodes and inpatient characteristics, by Aboriginal status, 2005–2013

From: Frequent use of hospital inpatient services during a nine year period: a retrospective cohort study

 

Aboriginal

Non-Aboriginal

TOTAL

Patients

Episodes

Patients

Episodes

Patients

Episodes

Total study population (n)

32 423

159 496

72 948

199 164

105 371

358 660

 Female (%)

58.2

62.1

52.5

51.9

54.3

56.5

 Median age (years)a

31

 

39

 

36

 

 Rural/remote residence (%)b

69.1

66.7

18.6

17.1

34.2

39.2

 Alcohol-related flag (%)

24.4

13.3

4.6

2.8

10.7

7.5

 Mental health flag (%)

9.4

4.7

4.4

3.2

6.0

3.9

 Pregnancy-related flag (%)

26.3

15.3

21.7

16.5

23.1

16.0

Any frequent use (FU) (%)

21.7

57.8

10.0

37.7

13.6

46.6

 1 FU year (%)

14.3

23.9

8.0

22.3

9.9

23.0

 2+ FU years (%)

7.4

33.9

2.0

15.4

3.7

23.6

  1. aBased on age at first episode
  2. bBased on residence at first episode - excludes 70 (0.22%) Aboriginal persons with 102 (0.06%) episodes and 36 (0.05%) non-Aboriginal persons with 57 (0.03%) episodes with recorded unknown residence