All cases | 1987–1996 | ||||
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Feature | No. cases | No. people | No. cases | No. people | |
Sex | |||||
Female | 336 | 221 | 166 | 129 | |
Male | 219 | 146 | 137 | 103 | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Aboriginal | 543 | 355 | 297 | 226 | |
Non-Aboriginal | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
Residence1-150 | |||||
Urban | 82 | 52 | 40 | 31 | |
Rural | 472 | 314 | 262 | 200 |
Relative risks 1987–1996 of having acute rheumatic fever: Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal 124.2 (95% CI 55.2 to 279.3); Aboriginal female compared to Aboriginal male 1.3 (95% CI 1.0 to 1.7); Aboriginal rural compared to Aboriginal urban 3.3 (95% CI 2.2 to 5.0).
↵1-150 Residence unknown for one person.