Table 1

Age and Sex Distribution for Study Population

CharacteristicPractice APractice BOverallAustralian Population
Number of patients4,5832,6647,247
Sex, %
 Male39.345.241.549.7a
 Females60.754.858.550.3a
Age, average (SD), y
Overall36.2 (21.1)42.2 (24.7)38.4 (22.7)37.8b
 Male35.1 (22.3)44.7 (24.7)39.0 (23.8)37.0b
 Female36.9 (20.3)40.2 (24.5)38.0 (21.9)38.6b
Age range
 Male2 mo – 92 y3 mo–99 y2 mo – 99 y
 Female1 mo – 98 y1 mo–99 y1 mo – 99 y
Patients within age category, % (n)c
 <25 y28.9 (1,326)29.1 (776)29.0 (2,102)33.3b
 25–44 y35.7 (1,635)24.1 (642)31.4 (2,277)28.5b
 45–64 y27.1 (1,243)24.8 (661)26.3 (1,904)25.0b
 65–74 y4.6 (211)10.4 (277)6.7 ( 488)7.0b
 ≥75 y3.7 (168)11.6 (308)6.6 ( 476)6.2b
  • ABS = Austrailian Bureau of Statistics.

  • a ABS data as of June 2008.23

  • b Averaged from ABS data between June 200823 to June 2009.24

  • c Sample size is shown in parentheses.