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Table 2 Age-specific Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal rate differences and rate ratios for potentially avoidable, ambulatory care sensitive and non-avoidable hospitalisations (2000–2013) in a population cohort of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children born between July 2000 and December 2012 in New South Wales, Australia

From: Inequalities in pediatric avoidable hospitalizations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia: a population data linkage study

Age group

Potentially avoidable

Ambulatory care sensitive

Non-avoidable

Rate difference (RD)

Rate ratio (RR) (95 % CI)

RD

RR (95 % CI)

RD

RR (95 % CI)

0–< 2 years

94.1

1.9

(1.8–1.9)

43.79

1.9

(1.8–1.9)

- < 0.1

0.8

(0.7–0.9)

2–< 4 years

26.8

1.5

(1.5–1.6)

22.49

1.6

(1.5–1.6)

<0.1

0.8

(0.7–0.9)

4–< 6 years

22.9

1.7

(1.6–1.8)

21.58

1.8

(1.7–1.9)

1.2

1.0

(0.7–1.4)

6–< 8 years

11.3

1.5

(1.4–1.6)

10.31

1.6

(1.4–1.7)

−1.1

0.9

(0.6–1.2)

8–< 10 years

8.7

1.7

(1.5–1.9)

7.45

1.6

(1.5–1.8)

0.7

1.1

(0.9–1.3)

10–< 12 years

8.3

2.0

(1.7–2.3)

7.32

2.0

(1.6–2.3)

1.7

1.2

(0.9–1.6)

12–< 14 years

5.3

1.8

(1.2–2.8)

5.46

2.0

(1.3–3.0)

–0.7

1.0

(0.6–1.6)

  1. CI confidence interval, RD rate difference, RR rate ratio