Table 1 Descriptive statistics for children (n = 79,905 observations, corresponding to 11,415 individuals) for the period 2004–2012
From: The influence of education on the access to childhood immunization: the case of Spain
Personal characteristics | Mean (SD) | Health status | Mean (SD) |
Being female | 0.484 (0.50) | ||
Patient’s age | 6.270 (4.93) | No. different diseases in a year | 2.095 (2.39) |
Immigrant status | 0.006 (0.08) | Charlson index | 0.018 (0.15) |
Minimum distance to GP | 4.020 (4.51) | Hypertension | 0.001 (0.03) |
Health district ABS01 | 0.105 (0.31) | Lipid & cholesterol problems | 0.006 (0.07) |
Health district ABS03 | 0.147 (0.35) | Children with any cardio problem | 0.006 (0.08) |
Health district ABS08 | 0.132 (0.34) | Stroke/cerebrovascular accident | 0.000 (0.01) |
Health district ABS09 | 0.181 (0.39) | Bronchial asthma & obstructive pulmonary | 0.070 (0.26) |
Health district ABS10 | 0.125 (0.33) | Children with any mental disorder | 0.002 (0.04) |
Health district ABS12 | 0.119 (0.32) | Malignant neoplasms | 0.002 (0.04) |
Health district ABS15 | 0.192 (0.39) | ||
Health-care use | Mean (SD) | Lifestyle behaviour | Mean (SD) |
Number of visits to GP | 6.954 (8.68) | ||
Number of visits to specialists | 0.394 (1.17) | ||
Number of hospitalized days | 0.003 (0.07) | Median BMI | 17.302 (3.22) |
Number of urgent visits | 0.087 (0.36) | Mean BMI | 17.417 (3.12) |
Number of laboratory tests | 0.117 (0.44) | Smoker | 0.000 (0.02) |
Number of radiology tests | 0.142 (0.49) | Alcoholism | 0.000 (0.01) |
Number of diagnostic tests | 0.021 (0.17) |