Table 4 Number and incidence (per 1000 live births) of infant admissions for potentially preventable conditions by Ethnicity, Gender, and IMD quintile 2008/09–2013/14
Feeding difficulties | Gastroenteritis | Physiological Jaundice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No admissions | Rate (95% CI) | No admissions | Rate (95% CI) | No admissions | Rate (95% CI) | |
Ethnicitya | ||||||
White | 37,746 | 12·81 (12·68–12·94) | 47,616 | 16·16 (16·01–16·30) | 51,082 | 17·34 (17·19–17·48) |
Asian | 5102 | 12·19 (11·86–12·52) | 4570 | 10·92 (10·60–11·23) | 9517 | 22·74 (22·28–23·19) |
Black | 1415 | 6·59 (6·25–6·94) | 1783 | 8·31 (7·92–8·69) | 1497 | 6·97 (6·62–7·33) |
Other | 3391 | 11·26 (10·89–11·64) | 3365 | 11·18 (10·80–11·55) | 6556 | 21·78 (21·26–22·30) |
Not stated | 3036 | 16·69 (16·10–17·28) | 3282 | 18·04 (17·43–18·65) | 4756 | 26·14 (25·41–26·87) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 26,183 | 12·57 (12·42–12·72) | 32,761 | 15·73 (15·56–15·90) | 44,153 | 21·20 (21·03–21·37) |
Female | 24,502 | 12·37 (12·22–12·53) | 27,854 | 14·07 (13·90–14·23) | 29,251 | 14·77 (14·63–14·92) |
IMD Indexa | ||||||
1 | 12,708 | 11·31 (11·11–11·50) | 19,122 | 17·01 (16·77–17·25) | 19,077 | 16·97 (16·73–17·21) |
2 | 10,860 | 11·89 (11·67–12·11) | 13,967 | 15·29 (15·04–15·55) | 16,111 | 17·64 (17·37–17·91) |
3 | 9899 | 13·14 (12·82–13·40) | 10,903 | 14·47 (14·20–14·74) | 14,084 | 18·69 (18·39–19·00) |
4 | 8952 | 13·63 (13·35–13·91) | 8953 | 13·63 (13·35–13·91) | 12,367 | 18·83 (18·50–19·16) |
5 | 7995 | 12·99 (12·71–13·27) | 7254 | 11·78 (11·51–12·05) | 11,245 | 18·27 (17·93–18·60) |