Table 3 Characteristics of people not recently tested for HCV RNA by registration type (NSW DBS Pilot September 2019a- December 2020)
Variables | Total people tested for HCV in pilot | No HCV test in last two years | Factors associated with no HCV test in last two years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n | % | cOR | aOR | |
Total | 4112 | 1851 | 45% | Â | Â |
Registration pathway | |||||
 Online self-registration | 240 | 177 | 74% | 3.58 (2.65–4.84) |  |
 Assisted registration—community | 1815 | 798 | 44% | 1 |  |
 Assisted registration—prison | 2057 | 876 | 43% | 0.95 (0.83–1.07) |  |
Test performed | |||||
 HIV + HCV | 3581 | 1675 | 47% |  |  |
 HCV only | 531 | 176 | 33% |  |  |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 3150 | 1433 | 45% | 1 |  |
 Female | 918 | 394 | 43% | 0.90 (0.78–1.04) |  |
 Other | 44 | 24 | 55% | 1.44 (0.79–2.61) |  |
Age | |||||
 = < 25 | 495 | 245 | 49% | 1 | 1 |
 25–34 | 1192 | 500 | 42% | 0.74 (0.60–0.91) | 0.76 (0.61–0.94) |
 35–44 | 1212 | 466 | 38% | 0.64 (0.52–0.79) | 0.73 (0.58–0.90) |
 45–54 | 806 | 400 | 50% | 1.01 (0.80–1.26) | 1.20 (0.95–1.52) |
 > 55 | 407 | 240 | 59% | 1.47 (1.13–1.91) | 1.47 (1.12–1.93) |
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | |||||
 No | 2755 | 1333 | 48% | 1 | 1 |
 Yes | 1357 | 518 | 38% | 0.66 (0.58–0.75) | 0.76 (0.66–0.88) |
Men who have sex with men | |||||
 No | 3824 | 1701 | 44% | 1 | 1 |
 Yes | 288 | 150 | 52% | 1.36 (1.07–1.72) | 1.28 (1.00–1.65) |
Born outside of Australia | |||||
 No | 3430 | 1439 | 42% | 1 |  |
 Yes, Asia or Africa | 284 | 185 | 65% | 2.59 (2.01–3.33) |  |
 Yes, other | 398 | 227 | 57% | 1.84 (1.49–2.27) |  |
Speaks English at home | |||||
 No | 337 | 210 | 62% | 2.15 (1.71–2.71) | 1.59 (1.25–2.02) |
 Yes | 3775 | 1641 | 43% | 1 | 1 |
Recently injected drugs | |||||
 No | 2406 | 1233 | 51% | 1 | 1 |
 Yes | 1481 | 474 | 32% | 0.45 (0.39–0.51) | 0.46 (0.40–0.53) |
 Prefer not to say | 225 | 144 | 64% | 1.69 (1.27–2.25) | 1.74 (1.30–2.32) |