From: Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: a population-based study in remote Australia
Hospital Admissions | Children assessed Median (Range) |
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Childhood (0–7 years) | |
 Number of children with one or more admissions by 7 years (n = 127) | 89 (70.0%) |
 Total number of hospital admission (number of reasons for admission) | 314 (424) |
 Median number of admissions (range) per child by 7 years | 2.0 (0–12) |
 Median number of admissions (range) per admitted child by 7 years (n = 89) | 5.0 (1–12) |
Number of admissions by sex | |
 Male median (Interquartile range) | 3.0 (4) |
 Female median (Interquartile range) | 2.0 (3) |
Infancy (0–1 years) | |
 Number of infants with one of more admissions by 1 year (n = 127) | 56 (44.1%) |
 Total number of admissions in infancy (number of reasons for admission) | 108 (135) |
 Median number of admissions (range) (n = 127) | 0 (0–8) |
 Median number of admissions (range) per admitted infant (n = 56) | 2.5 (1–8) |
Number of admissions by sex for infants | |
 Male median (Interquartile range) | 3.0 (5) |
 Female median (Interquartile range) | 2.0 (4) |
Admissions by prenatal alcohol exposure (n = 122)a | |
 Prenatal alcohol exposure (n = 67 children) median (Interquartile range) | 2.0 (4) |
 No prenatal alcohol exposure (n = 55 children) median (Interquartile range) | 1.0 (3) |
Admissions for children with FASD (n = 108)a | |
 Children with FASD (n = 21 children) median (Interquartile range) | 3.0 (4) |
 Children without FASD (n = 87 children) median (Interquartile range) | 2.5 (3) |