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Table 2 Emergency admissions by age and length of stay

From: Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics

 

Age Group (years) n(%)

Length of Stay (days)

Under 1

1 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 14

0 to 14†

0 or 1

5,408

(72)

8,616

(78)

2,354

(76)

1,292

(70)

17,670

(75)

2 or 3

1,358

(18)

1,734

(16)

517

(17)

394

(21)

4,003

(17)

4 or more

776

(10)

647

(6)

215

(7)

171

(9)

1,809

(8)

All

7,542

(100)

10,997

(100)

3,086

(100)

1,857

(100)

23,482

(100)

  1. Data Source: Copyright © 2008, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES): Health and Social Care Information Centre. All rights reserved
  2. † Total is not identical to Table 1 as length of stay could not be determined for 14 cases
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