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Table 2 Admission rates for respiratory diseases per 1000 children.

From: Low hospital admission rates for respiratory diseases in children

 

All

Gender

Age

Urbanisation

Diseases (ICD codes)

 

Male

Female

p-value

0-4 years

5-9 years

10-17 years

p-value

< 30,000

30,000 - 50,000

> 50,000 excl. the 3 largest cities

3 largest cities

p-value

Nasopharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis (460-464, 472, 473, 476)

0.75

0.71

0.80

0.64

1.33

0.44

0.56

< 0.01

0.68

0.96

0.78

0.52

0.66

Acute upper respiratory infections (465)

0.71

0.97

0.43

< 0.01

2.17

0.13

0.08

< 0.01

0.59

0.32

0.93

1.38

0.02

Acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis (466)

0.61

0.59

0.63

0.85

2.00

0.09

0

< 0.01

0.47

0.57

0.71

1.04

0.34

Chronic disease of tonsil and adenoids, peritonsillar abscess (474-475)

12.86

12.96

12.75

0.79

26.90

13.84

2.75

< 0.01

12.55

13.13

13.34

11.74

0.70

Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)

0.97

1.28

0.65

< 0.01

2.79

0.22

0.22

< 0.01

0.71

0.57

1.46

1.38

0.01

Asthma (490-496)

0.92

1.28

0.55

< 0.01

2.46

0.44

0.20

< 0.01

0.47

1.27

1.12

1.73

< 0.01

Other diseases of respiratory system (470, 471, 477, 478, 488, 507, 510-519)

0.90

1.06

0.73

0.10

1.29

0.40

0.96

< 0.01

0.82

0.57

1.12

1.21

0.24

TOTAL

17.72

18.85

16.54

0.03

38.94

15.56

4.77

< 0.01

16.29

17.39

19.46

19.00

0.08