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Patients aged \u2265\u200918\u2009years with hospital\u2010confirmed stroke or TIA who presented to EMSs between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2019 and were successfully linked with hospital or mortality datasets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirty\u2010 and 90\u2010day mortality, crude and age\u2010standardised incidence rates, EMS quality of care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 32,163 patients, 287 (0.9%) were Indigenous. Indigenous patients were younger than non\u2010Indigenous patients (median age, 62 vs. 77\u2009years,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Age\u2010standardised incidence of EMS attendance was higher within the Indigenous population (343 vs. 144 per 100,000 person\u2010years; incidence rate ratio, 2.383 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.084\u20132.711]). Rates of call\u2010taker identification of stroke or TIA and hospital diagnoses were comparable; however, Indigenous patients were less likely to receive a stroke assessment from paramedics (166\/285 [58.2%] vs. 21,271\/31,605 [67.3%];\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) and more frequently taken to stroke\u2010capable hospitals (257\/275 [93.5%] vs. 27,371\/30,647 [89.3%];\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.027), but less frequently taken to endovascular thrombectomy\u2010capable hospitals (67\/275 [24.4%] vs. 10,015\/30,647 [32.7%];\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003). Adjusted mortality was similar between groups (30\u2009days: hazard ratio, 0.814 [95% CI, 0.518\u20131.279]; 90\u2009days: hazard ratio, 0.805 [95% CI, 0.534\u20131.214]). However, age\u2010standardised incidence of 90\u2010day mortality was higher within the Indigenous population (39 vs. 24 per 100,000 person\u2010years; incidence rate ratio, 1.621 [95% CI, 1.031\u20132.398]). Indigenous patients also more often recontacted EMSs for any reason within 90\u2009days (subdistribution hazard ratio, 1.548 [95% CI, 1.194\u20132.007]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The age\u2010standardised incidence of EMS attendance for stroke in the Indigenous population was more than double that for the non\u2010Indigenous population. 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