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- Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of infants, children, youth and young adults who had a serious illnesses code recorded during a hospital admission in British Columbia by fiscal year
Characteristic* No. (%) of patients 2012/13
n = 24552013/14
n = 25082014/15
n = 25092015/16
n = 24482016/17
n = 2457Age group, yr < 1 1252 (51.0) 1334 (53.2) 1375 (54.8) 1276 (52.1) 1242 (50.5) 1–4 340 (13.8) 315 (12.6) 278 (11.1) 285 (11.6) 294 (12.0) 5–9 147 (6.0) 155 (6.2) 171 (6.8) 164 (6.7) 176 (7.2) 10–14 150 (6.1) 142 (5.7) 135 (5.4) 138 (5.6) 131 (5.3) 15–19 217 (8.8) 210 (8.4) 200 (8.0) 221 (9.0) 245 (10.0) 20–25 349 (14.2) 352 (14.0) 350 (13.9) 364 (14.9) 369 (15.0) Sex Male 1378 (56.1) 1423 (56.7) 1368 (54.5) 1364 (55.7) 1368 (55.7) Female 1077 (43.9) 1085 (43.3) 1141 (45.5) 1084 (44.3) 1089 (44.3) Socioeconomic status† 1 (lowest income group) 554 (22.6) 536 (21.4) 527 (21.0) 565 (23.1) 512 (20.8) 2 517 (21.1) 514 (20.5) 562 (22.4) 518 (21.2) 479 (19.5) 3 474 (19.3) 478 (19.1) 487 (19.4) 459 (18.8) 492 (20.0) 4 492 (20.0) 526 (21.0) 496 (19.8) 524 (21.4) 499 (20.3) 5 (highest income group) 389 (15.8) 430 (17.1) 404 (16.1) 341 (13.9) 432 (17.6) Missing or unknown 29 (1.2) 24 (1.0) 33 (1.3) 41 (1.7) 43 (1.8) Taxonomic unit Perinatal 1003 (40.9) 1052 (41.9) 1121 (44.7) 1032 (42.2) 980 (39.9) Congenital 444 (18.1) 458 (18.3) 436 (17.4) 434 (17.7) 456 (18.6) Oncology 390 (15.9) 401 (16.0) 380 (15.1) 393 (16.1) 413 (16.8) Neurology 134 (5.5) 128 (5.1) 112 (4.5) 122 (5.0) 125 (5.1) Metabolic 32 (1.3) 26 (1.0) 31 (1.2) 29 (1.2) 30 (1.2) Otherwise specified 452 (18.4) 443 (17.7) 429 (17.1) 438 (17.9) 453 (18.4) - Table 2:
Infants, children, youth and young adults who had a serious illnesses code recorded during a hospital admission in British Columbia by clinical stage and fiscal year
Clinical stage No. (%) of patients 2012/13
n = 24552013/14
n = 25082014/15
n = 25092015/16
n = 24482016/17
n = 2457Stable 809 (33.0) 866 (34.5) 880 (35.1) 761 (31.1) 741 (30.2) Unstable (emergency department) 956 (38.9) 960 (38.3) 948 (37.8) 994 (40.6) 1037 (42.2) Unstable (hospital admission) 192 (7.8) 197 (7.9) 176 (7.0) 148 (6.0) 138 (5.6) Deteriorating 417 (17.0) 380 (15.2) 425 (16.9) 449 (18.3) 432 (17.6) Died 81 (3.3) 105 (4.2) 80 (3.2) 96 (3.9) 109 (4.4) - Table 3:
Rate of hospital admissions of infants, children, youth and young adults who had a serious illnesses code recorded during a hospital admission in British Columbia by age and fiscal year
Group Rate of hospital admissions per 10 000 population 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Age group, yr < 1 286.7 302.0 312.6 284.7 276.4 1–4 18.9 17.6 15.4 15.7 15.9 5–9 6.6 6.9 7.5 7.0 7.4 10–14 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.6 15–19 7.7 7.6 7.3 8.1 9.0 20–25 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.4 9.6 Total (0–25 yr) 18.4 18.7 18.6 18.1 18.1 - Table 4:
Odds ratios (ORs) for risk of instability among infants, children, youth and young adults who had a serious illnesses code recorded during a hospital admission in British Columbia*
Variable Univariable model Multivariable model OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value Sex 0.81 0.61 Female Ref. Ref. Male 1.01 (0.94–1.08) 1.02 (0.95–1.10) Age group, yr < 0.01 < 0.01 < 1 5.03 (4.57–5.54) 6.59 (5.97–7.29) 1–4 Ref. Ref. 5–9 2.00 (1.71–2.34) 0.96 (0.82–1.13) 10–14 2.11 (1.80–2.46) 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 15–19 2.58 (2.26–2.94) 1.18 (1.03–1.35) 20–25 2.85 (2.54–3.19) 1.25 (1.10–1.42) Socioeconomic status† 0.05 0.20 Missing 1.03 (0.79–1.35) 1.04 (0.78–1.38) 1 (lowest income group) 1.14 (1.02–1.27) 1.10 (0.98–1.23) 2 1.00 (0.90–1.12) 1.00 (0.89–1.12) 3 0.96 (0.86–1.08) 0.98 (0.87–1.10) 4 1.06 (0.95–1.19) 1.09 (0.97–1.22) 5 (highest income group) Ref. Ref. Taxonomic unit < 0.01 < 0.01 Oncology Ref. Ref. Perinatal 0.61 (0.55–0.67) 0.26 (0.23–0.30) Congenital 1.16 (1.04–1.30) 0.78 (0.68–0.88) Neurology 1.45 (1.23–1.71) 1.43 (1.21–1.70) Metabolic 1.20 (0.87–1.65) 0.98 (0.70–1.36) Otherwise specified‡ 1.72 (1.55–1.91) 1.55 (1.39–1.73)
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