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Table 1 Frequency and total number of hospital admissions, A&E attendances and emergency readmissions by sex

From: Socio-demographic patterns in hospital admissions and accident and emergency attendances among young people using linkage to NHS Hospital Episode Statistics: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

 

Frequency

Male (n = 1,281)

Female (n = 1,908)

Overall (n = 3,189)

Admissions

0

540 (42.2%)

857 (44.9%)

1,397 (43.8%)

 

1

347 (27.1%)

502 (26.3%)

849 (26.6%)

 

2

174 (13.6%)

263 (13.8%)

437 (13.7%)

 

3

91 (7.1%)

107 (5.6%)

198 (6.2%)

 

4

53 (4.1%)

63 (3.3%)

116 (3.6%)

 

5

30 (2.3%)

40 (2.1%)

70 (2.2%)

 

6

16 (1.2%)

17 (0.9%)

33 (1.0%)

 

7

7 (0.5%)

9 (0.5%)

16 (0.5%)

 

8

11 (0.9%)

15 (0.8%)

36 (1.1%)

 

9+

12 (0.9%)

35 (1.8%)

47 (1.5%)

Total number of admissions

1,693

2,612

4,305

Emergency readmissions

0

1,241 (96.9%)

1,788 (93.7%)

3,029 (95.0%)

1

35 (2.7%)

77 (4.0%)

112 (3.5%)

2+

5 (0.4%)

43 (2.3%)

48 (1.5%)

Total number of readmissions

46

268

314

A&E attendances

0

642 (50.1%)

1,029 (53.9%)

1,671 (52.4%)

 

1

294 (23.0%)

437 (22.9%)

731 (22.9%)

 

2

165 (12.9%)

212 (11.1%)

377 (11.8%)

 

3

63 (4.9%)

92 (4.8%)

155 (4.9%)

 

4

37 (2.9%)

57 (3.0%)

94 (2.9%)

 

5

39 (3.0%)

24 (1.3%)

63 (2.0%)

 

6

14 (1.1%)

16 (0.8%)

30 (0.9%)

 

7

9 (0.7%)

15 (0.8%)

24 (0.8%)

 

8

8 (0.6%)

6 (0.3%)

14 (0.4%)

 

9+

10 (0.8%)

20 (1.0%)

30 (0.9%)

Total number of attendances

1,481

2,132

3,613