Table 3

Descriptive analysis of underutilisation and overutilisation of HDL-C testing in the stable target population in 2014

DemographicsUnderutilisationOverutilisation
%(95% CI)%(95% CI)
Gender
 Female48.7848.5 to 49.0646.8246.33 to 47.31
 Male51.2250.94 to 51.553.1852.69 to 53.67
Age group
 18–340.350.32 to 0.380.410.35 to 0.48
 35–441.861.79 to 1.942.242.1 to 2.39
 45–548.158 to 8.318.057.79 to 8.32
 55–6420.8320.6 to 21.0620.119.71 to 20.50
 65–7431.0830.82 to 31.3432.4531.99 to 32.91
 ≥7537.7337.46 to 3836.7536.28 to 37.22
States
 NSW+ACT35.5435.27 to 35.8137.3236.85 to 37.80
 VIC+TA26.8226.57 to 27.0728.5728.13 to 29.02
 SA+NT9.399.23 to 9.566.966.71 to 7.21
 QLD18.4318.21 to 18.6519.5319.14 to 19.92
 WA9.829.65 to 9.997.627.36 to 7.88
  • ACT, Australia Capital Territory; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NSW, New South Wales; NT, Northern Territory; QLD, Queensland; SA, South Australia; TA, Tasmania; VIC, Victoria; WA, Western Australia.