Hospital admissions for first five years of life for neonatal survivors among cohort of children born in WA 1983–92 by ID status
| Children with ID | All children without ID | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With ASD | Medically diagnosed | Severe | Mild or moderate | Unspecified | All children with ID | ||
| The interquartile range refers to data pertaining to the 25th and 75th centiles. | |||||||
| All statistical tests done row-wise against value for non-ID affected children. NS, not significant; *p<.05; **p<0.001. | |||||||
| Total number of children | 191 | 604 | 223 | 2111 | 393 | 3522 | 238317 |
| No. of children admitted to hospital | 124 | 569 | 192 | 1586 | 317 | 2788 | 114819 |
| Proportion of children admitted (%) | 64.9 | 94.2 | 86.1 | 75.1 | 80.7 | 79.2 | 48.2 |
| No. of hospital admissions | 370 | 4348 | 1692 | 6836 | 1522 | 14768 | 253431 |
| Mean no. of admissions per child (SD) | 1.9 (3.3)** | 7.2 (8.3) | 7.6 (11.1) | 3.3 (4.9) | 3.9 (5.4) | 4.2 (6.3) | 1.1 (2.1) |
| Median no. of admissions per child (interquartile range) | 1 (0–3) | 5 (2–8) | 4 (1–10) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–5) | 0 (0–1) |
| Mean no. of admissions per child admitted (SD) | 3.0 (3.7)* | 7.6 (8.3)** | 8.8 (11.5)** | 4.3 (5.0)** | 4.8 (5.7)** | 5.3 (6.7)** | 2.2 (2.5) |
| Median no. of admissions per child admitted (interquartile range) | 2 (1–4) | 5 (3–9) | 5 (2–11) | 3 (1–5) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (3–6) | 1 (1–2) |
| Mean of total no. of days in hospital per child admitted (SD) | 9.5 (16.0) NS | 45.3 (63.4)** | 50.0 (82.0)** | 23.4 (49.3)** | 30.5 (54.2)** | 29.9 (55.9)** | 8.3 (18.6) |
| Median no. of days in hospital per child admitted (interquartile range) | 4 (1–10) | 21 (8–54) | 20 (6–59) | 8 (3–22) | 9 (3–27) | 10 (3–30) | 3 (1–8) |