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Table 7 Causes of hospital admissions between d29 and d365 in 696 358 singleton infants alive at d29 and born ≥ 32 weeks of gestation (France, 2011)

From: Gestational age and 1-year hospital admission or mortality: a nation-wide population-based study

Main diagnosis

Hospital stays

Infants

Number (%)a

Number (%)b

  Total

120 482 (17.3)

84 301 (12.1)

Infections

48 187 (40.0)

41 231 (5.9)

  Including:

  

  Bronchiolitis

20 698 (17.2)

18 370 (2.6)

  Gastroenteritis

12 526 (10.4)

11 740 (1.7)

  Ear, nose, throat

6522 (5.4)

6192 (0.9)

Accidental

7323 (6.1)

6815 (1.0)

  Including:

  

  Trauma

5972 (5.0)

5719 (0.8)

  Burns

452 (0.4)

272 (0.04)

  Intoxications

206 (0.2)

203 (0.03)

  Inhalation of foreign bodies

232 (0.2)

219 (0.03)

Abuse

91 (0.1)

86 (0.01)

Cancer

791 (0.7)

122 (0.02)

  Sub total

56 392 (46.8)

48 254 (6.9)

Surgical

10 530 (8.7)

9655 (1.4)

Others

64 090 (53.2)

36 047 (5.2)

  1. acompared with the total number of Discharges Abstracts (N = 120 482)
  2. bcompared with the total number of infants alive at d28 (N = 696 358)