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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and comorbid conditions in birth cohorta

From: Impact of preventive primary care on children’s unplanned hospital admissions: a population-based birth cohort study of UK children 2000–2013

Number of children

N = 319,780

Characteristics

Number (%)

Boys

163,713 (51.2)

Deprivationb

 Least deprived fifth

74,233 (23.2)

 Most deprived fifth

57,440 (18.0)

Maternal age at birth of child (years)

  < 20

12,814 (4.0)

 20–39

291,846 (91.3)

 40+

15,120 (4.7)

Mother’s first child

234,781 (73.6)

Prematurity for constisency

19,275 (6.0)

Congenital condition

57,937 (18.2)

Diagnosed with ACSc chronic condition in children aged 5–9 years (N = 141,519)

Asthma

12,654 (8.9)

Diabetes

268 (0.2)

Epilepsy

670 (0.5)

More than one ACS chronic condition

123 (0.1)

  1. aBorn between 01/01/2000 and 31/03/2013 registered with 363 practices partnered with the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in England and followed up until 31/12/2013
  2. bIndex of multiple deprivation fifths (5 the most deprived, 1 least deprived)
  3. cAmbulatory care sensitive