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In the international literature, there appears to be a wide variation in both diagnosis and treatment access for these common conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To explore ethnicity\u2010specific referral data for people with symptoms of endometriosis and pelvic pain referred to two tertiary hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Referrals to two gynaecology departments, in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, for women aged 16\u201352 during 2021 were screened and included if the primary referral reason was pelvic pain &gt;\u20093\u2009months, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis or dyspareunia. Denominator data were obtained from Statistics NZ.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was a significantly lower referral rate at the North Island unit for M\u0101ori, Pacific and Asian people compared to European\/MELAA; and a significantly lower referral rate in the South Island unit for Pacific and Asian people compared to European\/MELAA and M\u0101ori, per 1000 women aged 16\u201352\u2009years per year. Similar patterns occurred in the rates of waitlisting for surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>European women are privileged in Aotearoa compared to M\u0101ori, Pacific and Asian people in secondary referral and population waitlisting for surgery. This privilege was not evident in waitlisting for surgery from the gynaecology clinic. 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