The Suitability of Stool Antigen Testing in the Detection of Helicobacter pylori in a Regional and Rural Area of Australia

Figure 3

Socioeconomic distribution of H. pylori infection during the 2018-2020 period. National socioeconomic percentiles (1–100) were determined by postcodes and correlated with population (%) testing positive for H. pylori using noninvasive testing methods within each area. The level of socioeconomic disadvantage decreasing from 1 to 100. Population and national socioeconomic percentiles were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics [33]. A linear trendline demonstrates the general data trend (, ).