Table 2 Annual illness consultation in primary care and unplanned and ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) hospital admission ratesa
Number of children in cohort | Infant (age < 1 year) | Preschool (age 1–4 years) | Primary school (age 5–9 years) | Asthma diagnosis (age 5–9 years) | Diabetes diagnosis (age 5–9 years) | Epilepsy diagnosis (age 5–9 years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 319,780 | N = 289,989 | N = 141,572 | N = 12,654 | N = 268 | N = 670 | |
Rate per child/year (95% confidence interval) | ||||||
Illness consultationb | 4.01 (4.00–4.03) | 2.91 (2.90–2.92) | 1.33 (1.32–1.34) | 2.18 (2.15–2.22) | 2.02 (1.81–2.23) | 2.22 (2.06–2.39) |
Rate per 1000 child-years (95% confidence interval) | ||||||
Unplanned admissions | 259 (256–261) | 105 (104–107) | 42 (40–44) | 84 (77–91) | 342 (279–405) | 461 (365–558) |
Infectious ACS admissions | ||||||
URTI | 26.6 (25.9–27.2) | 19.7 (19.3–20.1) | 6.5 (6.2–6.8) | |||
LRTI | 36.1 (35.3–36.9) | 4.6 (4.4–4.8) | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | |||
Gastroenteritis | 23.3 (22.7–23.9) | 10.5 (10.2–10.7) | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | Not measured | Not measured | Not measured |
Urinary tract infection | 6.5 (6.1–6.8) | 1.9 (1.7–2.0) | 0.9 (0.8–1.0) | |||
Vaccine-preventable infections | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | 0.07 (0.06–0.10) | (number too small to compute rate) | |||
Chronic ACS admissionsc | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26.0 (23.5–28.8) | 193 (168–223) | 178 (147–216) |