Trends in annual rate of emergency admissions to hospital for children in England by age, 1999–2010
| Year | All <15 years | Age <1 year | Age 1–4 years | Age 5–9 years | Age 10–14 years | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event rate (per 1000) | Annual (%)* | Cumulative (%)† | Event rate (per 1000) | Annual (%)* | Cumulative (%)† | Event rate (per 1000) | Annual (%)* | Cumulative (%)† | Event rate (per 1000) | Annual (%)* | Cumulative (%)† | Event rate (per 1000) | Annual (%)* | Cumulative (%)† | |
| 1999 | 63 | – | – | 263 | – | – | 88 | – | – | 35 | – | – | 35 | – | – |
| 2000 | 62 | −1.3 | −1 | 260 | −0.8 | −1 | 85 | −2.8 | −3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 36 | +2.4 | +2 |
| 2001 | 65 | +3.9 | +2 | 275 | +5.4 | +5 | 90 | +5.8 | +3 | 37 | +4.8 | +5 | 37 | +1.2 | +4 |
| 2002 | 63 | −2.2 | 0 | 272 | −0.8 | +4 | 90 | −0.2 | +3 | 35 | −5.7 | −1 | 35 | −3.2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 66 | +4.2 | +4 | 268 | −1.7 | +2 | 96 | +6.6 | +9 | 36 | +4.0 | +3 | 37 | +4.6 | +5 |
| 2004 | 67 | +2.0 | +7 | 280 | +4.7 | +7 | 93 | −2.6 | +7 | 37 | +1.3 | +4 | 38 | +2.2 | +7 |
| 2005 | 71 | +5.1 | +12 | 291 | +3.7 | +11 | 97 | +3.7 | +11 | 39 | +5.9 | +10 | 39 | +4.0 | +12 |
| 2006 | 73 | +3.8 | +16 | 301 | +3.5 | +15 | 99 | +2.7 | +14 | 40 | +2.5 | +13 | 40 | +1.0 | +13 |
| 2007 | 75 | +2.3 | +19 | 310 | +3.2 | +18 | 100 | +0.7 | +14 | 39 | −1.1 | +12 | 40 | −0.6 | +12 |
| 2008 | 78 | +3.6 | +23 | 334 | +7.6 | +27 | 101 | +0.6 | +15 | 39 | −0.1 | +12 | 39 | −2.1 | +10 |
| 2009 | 80 | +3.2 | +27 | 340 | +1.8 | +30 | 103 | +2.8 | +18 | 41 | +4.6 | +17 | 40 | +4.0 | +14 |
| 2010 | 81 | +0.7 | +28 | 349 | +2.6 | +33 | 102 | −1.1 | +17 | 41 | −0.8 | +16 | 40 | −0.8 | +13 |
| Average annual change (%)‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | – | +0.1 | – | – | +1.3 | – | – | +0.9 | – | – | −0.3 | – | – | +0.1 | – |
| 2003–2006 | – | +3.8 | – | – | +2.6 | – | – | +2.6 | – | – | +3.4 | – | – | +3.0 | – |
| 2007–2010 | – | +2.5 | – | – | +3.8 | – | – | +0.7 | – | – | +0.6 | – | – | +0.1 | – |
*Annual percentage change.
†Cumulative percentage change.
‡Based on average annual change in emergency admission rate in specified time period.