Table 3 Crude mortality by deprivation and ethnic group for children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in England and Wales 2004–2007 together with odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CI for risk-adjusted mortality by deprivation and ethnic group using the Paediatric Index of Mortality14

	Alive (%)	Dead (%)	Total	OR (95% CI)	p Value
Ethnic group
Non-south Asian	34 282 (95.38)	1661 (4.62)	35943	1	–
South Asian	4050 (92.89)	310 (7.11)	4360	1.36 (1.18 to 1.57)	<0.001
Total	38 332 (95.11)	1971 (4.89)	40 303
Townsend category
Least deprived	5650 (95.47)	268 (4.53)	5918	1	–
	6043 (95.39)	292 (4.61)	6335	1.01 (0.84 to 1.22)	0.903
	6783 (95.24)	339 (4.76)	7122	0.94 (0.79 to 1.13)	0.522
	7908 (95.04)	413 (4.96)	8321	0.94 (0.79 to 1.12)	0.472
Most deprived	10 871 (94.67)	612 (5.33)	11 483	0.92 (0.78 to 1.09)	0.348
Total*	37 255 (95.09)	1924 (4.91)	39 179

*Excludes 1124 children for who a validated address in the UK could not be established.