Preventive care in general practice among healthy older New South Wales residents

BMC Primary Care

Table 4 Characteristics of 39,964 healthy older NSW residents participating in the SEEF Study stratified by socio-demographic, lifestyle risk factors, health status, access to PHC, and confidence in managing own health

Participant characteristics		Frequency
		Number	%
Demographic characteristics
Gender	Female	23653	59.2
	Male	16311	40.8
Age group	45-59	19889	49.8
	60-74	20075	50.2
Country of birth	Australia	31201	78.1
	Overseas	8763	21.9
Rurality (ARIA+)	Major city	15655	49.1
	Inner regional	9745	30.6
	Outer/Remote	6456	20.3
Socioeconomic status
Education	Less than year 10	2880	7.3
	Year 10	7995	20.2
	Year 12	7360	18.6
	Certificate/diploma	9435	23.8
	University	11909	30.1
Household income	<$20,000	3596	10.3
	$20,000-$39,999	7007	20.1
	$40,000-$59,999	5889	16.9
	$60,000-$79,999	4374	12.6
	$80,000+	13946	40.1
Lifestyle factors
Smoking status	Current	2149	5.4
	Ex-smoker	13396	33.6
	Never smoked	24350	61.0
BMI*	Underweight	2882	7.3
	Normal	13407	34.2
	Overweight	14789	37.7
	Obese	8163	20.8
Physical activity	Sedentary	1287	3.3
	Insufficient	8549	21.8
	Sufficient	29351	74.9
Health status
Anxiety status	Yes	4431	11.1
	No	35533	88.9
Depression	Yes	6227	15.6
	No	33737	84.4
High blood pressure	Yes	7880	19.7
	No	32084	80.3
High cholesterol	Yes	5546	13.9
	No	34418	86.1
Access to PHC
Timing of visiting a particular doctor	Same day	7810	20.0
Timing of visiting a particular doctor	Next day	7523	19.3
	2-3 days	10534	27.0
	4-5 days	4992	12.8
	More than 5 days	8168	20.9
Timing of visiting any doctor	Same day	19917	52.1
	Next day	8696	22.8
	2-3 days	5492	14.4
	4-5 days	1938	5.1
	More than 5 days	2153	5.6
Visiting GP urgently same day	Yes	28025	81.2
	No	6498	18.8
Self-management
Confidence in managing own health	Yes	17084	42.9
Confidence in managing own health	No	22757	57.1

BMI*: Underweight (BMI:< 18.5), Normal weight (BMI: 18.5-24.9), Over weight (BMI: 25.0-29.9), Obesity (BMI: 30+) according to AIHW [30].
Note: Percentages do not consistently total to 100% due to missing values.

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