Table 1 Number and rate of presentations to emergency departments by ALRI diagnosis in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children aged <9 years
Age group | Number of presentations (rate*) | Aboriginal vs non-Aboriginal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | IRR | (95% CI) | |||
Bronchiolitis | ||||||
<1 month | 8 | (29.2) | 53 | (7.3) | 4.0 | 1.6, 8.4 |
1-5 months | 348 | (258.4) | 2260 | (63.0) | 4.1 | 3.7, 4.6 |
6-11 months | 334 | (211.1) | 2055 | (48.2) | 4.4 | 3.9, 4.9 |
12-23 months | 110 | (35.1) | 707 | (8.3) | 4.2 | 3.4, 5.2 |
2-4 years | <5 | (0.4) | 85 | (0.3) | 1.3 | 0.3, 3.4 |
5-9 years | 0 | - | 5 | (0.02) | - | - |
Total | 804 | (34.8) | 5165 | (8.1) | 4.3 | 4.0, 4.6 |
Croup | ||||||
<1 month | <5 | (3.7) | <5 | (0.1) | 26.4 | 0.3, 2070.8 |
1-5 months | 16 | (11.9) | 233 | (6.5) | 1.8 | 1.0, 3.0 |
6-11 months | 53 | (33.5) | 944 | (22.1) | 1.5 | 1.1, 2.0 |
12-23 months | 90 | (28.7) | 2020 | (23.8) | 1.2 | 1.0, 1.5 |
2-4 years | 145 | (15.7) | 3593 | (14.1) | 1.1 | 0.9, 1.3 |
5-9 years | 52 | (7.0) | 1158 | (5.4) | 1.3 | 1.0, 1.7 |
Total | 357 | (15.5) | 7949 | (12.5) | 1.2 | 1.1, 1.4 |
Pneumonia | ||||||
<1 month | <5 | (11.0) | 6 | (0.8) | 13.2 | 2.1, 61.8 |
1-5 months | 30 | (22.3) | 101 | (2.8) | 7.9 | 5.1, 12.0 |
6-11 months | 59 | (37.3) | 272 | (6.4) | 5.9 | 4.3, 7.8 |
12-23 months | 92 | (29.3) | 926 | (10.9) | 2.7 | 2.2, 3.3 |
2-4 years | 102 | (11.0) | 1216 | (4.8) | 2.3 | 1.9, 2.8 |
5-9 years | 30 | (4.0) | 455 | (2.1) | 1.9 | 1.3, 2.7 |
Total | 316 | (13.7) | 2976 | (4.6) | 2.9 | 2.6, 3.3 |
Total ALRI (N = 19016)† | ||||||
<1 month | 12 | (43.8) | 64 | (8.9) | 5.0 | 2.4, 9.3 |
1-5 months | 424 | (314.8) | 2731 | (76.1) | 4.1 | 3.7, 4.6 |
6-11 months | 474 | (299.5) | 3460 | (81.1) | 3.7 | 3.4, 4.1 |
12-23 months | 315 | (100.4) | 3995 | (47.0) | 2.1 | 1.9, 2.4 |
2-4 years | 299 | (32.3) | 5333 | (21.0) | 1.5 | 1.4, 1.7 |
5-9 years | 93 | (12.4) | 1816 | (8.5) | 1.5 | 1.2, 1.8 |
Total | 1617 | (70.1) | 17,399 | (27.3) | 2.6 | 2.4, 2.7 |