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Table 1 Comparison of GP participants and all active recognised Australian GPs.

From: Observed intra-cluster correlation coefficients in a cluster survey sample of patient encounters in general practice in Australia

 

BEACH April 1999–March 2000 % (95%CI) (N = 1,047)

BEACH April 02–March 03 % (95%CI (N = 1,008)

Australian GPs April 02 to March 03 % (N = 17,884)[13]

Males

69.6 (66.8,72.4)

64.8 (61.8,67.7)

66.8

Age group

   

<35

8.4 (6.7,10.1)

7.3 (5.7,9.0)

9.7

35–44

32.4 (29.6,35.3)

26.6 (23.9,29.3)

25.1

45–54

32.4 (29.6,35.3)

35.2 (32.3,38.2)

33.1

55+

26.7 (24.1,29.4)

30.9 (28.0,33.7)

32.0

State

   

NSW

37.4 (34.5,40.4)

39.6 (36.7,42.7)

33.6

Victoria

20.1 (17.7,22.5)

18.8 (16.4,21.3)

24.5

Queensland

20.2 (17.8,22.6)

21.2 (18.7,23.8)

18.5

South Australia

9.1 (7.3,10.8)

6.2 (4.7,7.6)

8.7

Western Australia

8.8 (7.1,10.5)

8.9 (7.2,10.7)

9.5

Tasmania

2.4 (1.5,3.3)

2.8 (1.8,3.8)

2.9

ACT

1.1 (0.5,1.8)

1.4 (0.6,2.0)

1.5

NT

0.9 (0.3,1.4)

1.1(0.4,1.7)

0.8