Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and adolescents born in WA between 1980–2005
Characteristics | No stimulant used (%) | Stimulant used for ADHD (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Participants | 182791 | 3677 | |
Parents Aboriginal status | Non-Aboriginal parents | 164290 (89.9) | 3423 (93.1) |
Both parents Aboriginal | 10737 (5.9) | 99 (2.7) | |
Only father Aboriginal | 3955 (2.2) | 93 (2.5) | |
Only mother Aboriginal | 3809 (2.1) | 62 (1.7) | |
Mothers’ age at birth | <20 | 11642 (6.4) | 345 (9.4) |
20–24 | 35823 (19.6) | 992 (27.0) | |
25–29 | 60471 (33.1) | 1157 (31.5) | |
30–34 | 53085 (29.0) | 834 (22.7) | |
35–39 | 18764 (10.3) | 299 (8.1) | |
≥40 | 2762 (1.5) | 44 (1.2 %) | |
Unknown | 244 (0.1 %) | 6 (0.2 %) | |
Sex | Male | 92708 (50.7) | 2946 (80.1) |
Female | 90081 (49.3) | 731 (19.9) | |
Unknown | 2 (0.01) | 0 | |
Geographical remoteness | Metropolitan | 105567 (57.8) | 2212 (60.2) |
Rural | 40332 (22.1) | 799 (21.7) | |
Remote | 14160 (7.7) | 171 (4.7) | |
Unknown | 22732 (12.4) | 495 (13.5) | |
Socioeconomic disadvantage | Least disadvantaged | 78304 (42.8) | 1299 (35.3) |
Less disadvantaged | 42061 (23.0) | 845 (23.0) | |
Little disadvantaged | 17015 (9.3) | 395 (10.7) | |
More disadvantaged | 8373 (4.6) | 183 (5.0) | |
Most disadvantaged | 15467 (8.5) | 489 (13.3) | |
Unknown | 21571 (11.8) | 466 (12.7) | |