Very Remote Remote Outer Inner Regional Regional Cities Total 40.9 39.1 43.7 40.1 38.4 39.7* Total 7.5 (2008) 6.6 (2009) Outer Inner Regional Regional 8.6* 7.3 (2009) 7.9* Cities Total 7.2* 6.4 (2009) 7.5 Christou et al. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:373 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/373 Page 7 of 21 Table 1 Participation in the NBCSP according to Indigenous status, gender, SES, geographic location and language spoken Participation rate Gender Indigenous Status# SES Geographic Location Spoken language Indigenous Status# Geographic location SES FOBT Positivity rate Gender Males 36.2 *(2008) 36.0 (2009) Non- Indigenous 38.6 (2008)* 37.0* 45.4 (Pilot) Lowest SES 37.5*(2008) 25.6*(2008) 25.0(2009) English as preferred language 42.2* (2008) 41.1* (2009) Males 8.9* 7.7 Non- Indigenous 7.5 (2008) 6.6 (2009) 8.7*(2008) 8.4 (2009) Low SES 7.8 (2009) Very Remote Remote Proportion of correctly completed tests Indigenous status# Non- Indigenous 96.3 * 93.9 * Females Total 43.3* (2008) 39.7 42.6 (2009) 39.3 Indigenous Total 38.3 17*(2008) 17.0* Highest SES 41* (2008) 35.5 Other language preferred 27.0* (2008) 14.0* (2009) Females 6.4* 5.7 Indigenous 8.6 (2008) 8.1 (2009) 8.7*(2008) 7.8 (2009) Highest SES 5.5 (2009) Indigenous Females 1.2 times more likely to participate than males Indigenous people are 2.3 times less likely to participate Than non-Indigenous people Participation significantly lower in the most disadvantaged quintile compared to any other quintile Proportion of those who participate was significantly lower in remote and very remote compared to the national level. Participation was significantly higher in inner regional compared to other areas. Those whose preferred correspondence language was English were 1.6 times (2008) and 2.9 times (2009) more likely to participate Not statistically significant difference due to small numbers Significantly lower in Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous participants. Indigenous females aged over 65 have lowest correctly completed tests