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Table 1 Sampling frame for the Mayi Kuwayu Study preliminary postal distribution (n = 20,000), 30 October 2018

From: Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019

  

Major cities

Regional

Remote

Total

Females

 16–24

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

15,600

21,300

9300

46,200

% enrolled

4.6%

6.3%

2.8%

14.0%

Number sent the postal survey

928

1267

553

2748

 25–34

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

16,200

19,300

9800

45,300

% enrolled

4.8%

5.7%

2.9%

13.5%

Number sent the postal survey

964

1148

583

2695

 35–49

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

13,500

16,900

10,300

40,700

% enrolled

4.0%

5.0%

3.1%

12.1%

Number sent the postal survey

803

1005

613

2421

  ≥ 50

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

14,900

19,300

10,000

44,200

% enrolled

4.4%

5.7%

3.0%

13.1%

Number sent the postal survey

886

1148

595

2629

Males

 16–24

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

13,800

19,800

8800

42,400

% enrolled

4.1%

5.9%

2.6%

12.6%

Number sent the postal survey

821

1178

523

2522

 25–34

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

14,400

18,500

8600

41,500

% enrolled

4.3%

5.5%

2.6%

12.3%

Number sent the postal survey

857

1101

512

2470

 35–49

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

11,900

15,900

9100

36,900

% enrolled

3.5%

4.7%

2.7%

11.0%

Number sent the postal survey

708

946

541

2195

  ≥ 50

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

12,700

17,100

9200

39,000

% enrolled

4.0%

5.0%

3.0%

12.0%

Number sent the postal survey

756

1017

547

2320

Total

Total Indigenous persons enrolled in Medicarea

113,000

148,100

75,100

336,200

% enrolled

33.6%

44.1%

22.3%

100.0%

Number sent the postal survey

6723

8810

4467

20,000

  1. aTotal Indigenous persons (rounded to the hundred) in Medicare Australia Enrolment Database, data provided by Department of Health on 19 June 2018