Sociodemographic correlates of urine culture test utilization in Calgary, Alberta

BMC Urology

Table 2 Sociodemographic variables and Urine culture testing rates in Calgary, Alberta for 2011

Socio-demographic Variable	Relative Risk (RR)	RR 95% Confidence Interval		Parameter Estimate	P-value
Female	2.583	2.539	2.629	0.9491	<0.0001
Male^a	1.000	Reference		Reference	Reference
Age < 15	0.586	0.548	0.627	−0.534	<0.0001
Age 15–39	1.689	1.587	1.797	0.524	<0.0001
Age 40–49	0.624	0.587	0.663	−0.472	<0.0001
Age 50–59	0.660	0.623	0.700	−0.415	<0.0001
Age 60–69	0.550	0.520	0.581	−0.599	<0.0001
Age ≥ 70^b	1.000	Reference		Reference	Reference
Median Household Income ≥$100,000	0.074	0.038	0.147	−2.600	<0.0001
Employment Rate	0.367	0.251	0.537	−1.002	<0.0001
University Education	1.091	0.864	1.377	0.087	0.464
Recent Immigrant (≤ 5 years)	0.678	0.440	1.044	−0.389	0.077
Aboriginal – First Nations	0.289	0.140	0.596	−1.240	0.0008
Chinese	0.672	0.536	0.842	−0.398	0.0005
South Asian	0.924	0.779	1.097	−0.079	0.3656
Filipino	0.791	0.563	1.111	−0.235	0.1761
Visible Minority - Black	0.878	0.392	1.965	−0.130	0.7515

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