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Table 2 Lifetime (0–7 years) hospital admissions for 127 children born 2002/2003 living in Fitzroy Valley

From: Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: a population-based study in remote Australia

Hospital Admissions

Children assessed

Median (Range)

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)

  1. aNumber of children that had information available on alcohol exposure in utero