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Table 5 Change in admission rates up to 5 years of age, excluding birth admissions, births 1980–1994

From: A retrospective population-based study of childhood hospital admissions with record linkage to a birth defects registry

Birth Years

No. Chn Adm

No. Adm

Adm/1000 livebirths

Adm/Ch Adm

Mean LOS

Median LOS

Mean Total LOS/Ch Adm

Cardiovascular Defects

       

   1980–1984

528

2,412

3,327

4.6

5.1

2.0

23.2

   1985–1989

626

2,763

3,313

4.4

4.9

2.0

21.6

   1990–1994

721

3,524

3,589

4.9

4.2

2.0

20.4

Chromosome Defects

       

   1980–1984

124

627

3,389

5.1

5.0

3.0

25.3

   1985–1989

163

832

3,870

5.1

4.4

2.0

22.5

   1990–1994

198

1,277

4,783

6.4

3.6

2.0

23.0

CA of Ear, Face and Neck

       

   1980–1984

51

172

2,688

3.4

4.0

2.0

13.5

   1985–1989

40

115

2,130

2.9

3.5

1.0

10.1

   1990–1994

40

193

4,196

4.8

4.0

2.0

19.3

CA of Eye

       

   1980–1984

92

483

4,025

5.3

3.8

2.0

20.0

   1985–1989

97

528

4,632

5.4

3.3

1.0

18.1

   1990–1994

149

917

5,660

6.2

3.3

1.0

20.1

CA of Integument

       

   1980–1984

85

252

2,355

3.0

3.2

2.0

9.5

   1985–1989

176

604

2,709

3.4

2.7

1.0

9.3

   1990–1994

234

914

3,088

3.9

2.9

1.0

11.2

Gastro-Intestinal Defects

       

   1980–1984

546

2,262

3,534

4.1

5.8

3.0

24.0

   1985–1989

643

2,648

3,703

4.1

5.2

3.0

21.4

   1990–1994

630

2,566

3,629

4.1

4.2

2.0

17.1

Musculo-Skeletal Defects

       

   1980–1984

748

2,749

2,061

3.7

5.1

2.0

18.7

   1985–1989

794

3,160

2,367

4.0

4.2

2.0

16.7

   1990–1994

878

3,431

2,329

3.9

3.6

1.0

14.1

Nervous System Defects

       

   1980–1984

239

1,524

4,293

6.4

7.2

3.0

45.9

   1985–1989

230

1,386

3,971

6.0

5.3

2.0

31.9

   1990–1994

281

1,848

4,981

6.6

4.3

2.0

28.3

Respiratory System Defects

       

   1980–1984

28

221

2,483

7.9

8.0

3.0

63.1

   1985–1989

36

200

2,128

5.6

4.4

1.5

24.4

   1990–1994

44

385

4,583

8.8

4.3

2.0

37.6

Uro-Genital Defects

       

   1980–1984

1,172

3,628

2,573

3.1

4.4

2.0

13.6

   1985–1989

1,439

4,429

2,619

3.1

3.6

2.0

11.0

   1990–1994

1,946

6,410

2,935

3.3

3.1

1.0

10.1

Other Major Defects 1

       

   1980–1984

421

2,461

4,760

5.8

5.2

2.0

30.2

   1985–1989

521

2,734

4,232

5.2

5.0

2.0

26.2

   1990–1994

597

3,582

4,776

6.0

4.1

1.0

24.5

All Major Birth Defects

       

   1980–1984

3,466

13,100

2,842

3.8

4.8

2.0

18.2

   1985–1989

4,096

15,025

2,845

3.7

4.2

2.0

15.4

   1990–1994

4,815

18,443

3,011

3.8

3.3

1.0

12.8

Comparison Group

       

   1980–1984

45,514

103,785

977

2.3

3.4

2.0

7.8

   1985–1989

48,209

103,764

892

2.2

2.8

2.0

6.1

   1990–1994

50,244

104,836

874

2.1

2.3

1.0

4.9

  1. 1 These include: other and unspecified congenital anomalies, cystic fibrosis, hereditary haemolytic anaemias, congenital hypothyroidism, coagulation defects, neurofibromatosis, and muscular dystrophies and other myopathies
  2. CA = congenital anomalies
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