Attended a community event at least once in the last 6 months by health area

Attended a community event at least once in the last 6 months by health area,
persons with high or very high psychological distress aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2006

Area	Males (95% CI)	Females (95% CI)	Persons (95% CI)
Sydney South West	76.2 (63.2-89.2)	57.7 (45.4-70.0)	65.4 (56.2-74.7)
South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra	48.4 (30.0-66.7)	47.7 (32.8-62.5)	48.0 (36.2-59.8)
Sydney West	56.5 (37.0-76.0)	47.4 (33.6-61.1)	50.9 (39.4-62.4)
Northern Sydney & Central Coast	42.5 (16.6-68.3)	49.2 (32.1-66.3)	46.6 (32.2-61.0)
Hunter & New England	45.2 (27.6-62.9)	56.6 (42.0-71.1)	51.1 (39.5-62.6)
North Coast	58.1 (39.5-76.7)	77.0 (63.9-90.1)	68.0 (56.4-79.5)
Greater Southern	73.9 (58.4-89.4)	76.1 (63.8-88.4)	75.1 (65.4-84.8)
Greater Western	48.5 (23.9-73.0)	74.1 (61.6-86.7)	64.2 (51.7-76.7)
Urban	58.9 (49.8-68.0)	51.4 (44.3-58.5)	54.6 (49.0-60.3)
Rural	55.5 (45.5-65.5)	68.5 (61.3-75.8)	62.5 (56.4-68.6)
NSW	57.8 (50.8-64.9)	56.2 (50.7-61.7)	56.9 (52.6-61.3)

Note:	Estimates are based on 820 respondents in NSW. For this indicator 4 (0.49%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in NSW. The indicator includes those who have attended at least one community event in the last 6 months. The question used was: In the last 6 months, how often have you attended a local community event such as a church or school fete, school concert, or a street fair?
Source:	New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by:	Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on:	1 July 2007