Table 2.
Rates of hospital admission for different levels of injury severity for children aged <15 years in Trent Region for 1992-7 by Townsend deprivation score. (Values are median rates (interquartile range) per 10 000 children)
| Injury severity |
Townsend score*
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest fifth | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Highest | |
| Children aged 0-4 years | |||||
| Total admissions | 456.3 (304.4 to 581.3) | 434.8 (251.0 to 610.0) | 533.9 (328.8 to 757.6) | 649.0 (506.4 to 837.5) | 896.4 (696.4 to 1064.1) |
| Long bone fractures | 37.4 (0.0 to 95.7) | 44.6 (0.0 to 102.4) | 64.5 (0.0 to 123.5) | 81.0 (37.3 to 122.3) | 94.3 (64.9 to 127.6) |
| Long bone fractures needing operation | 0.0 (0.0 to 70.8) | 9.6 (0.0 to 75.8) | 37.2 (0.0 to 842.2) | 48.7 (16.9 to 91.7) | 63.2 (36.0 to 96.6) |
| Children aged 5-14 years | |||||
| Total admissions | 465.0 (329.7 to 581.3) | 450.5 (321.3 to 560.4) | 512.1 (377.2 to 633.2) | 634.0 (473.4 to 767.8) | 769.9 (641.9 to 917.1) |
| Long bone fractures | 174.1 (108.5 to 250.1) | 173.9 (97.4 to 236.1) | 191.9 (120.7 to 252.4) | 207.7 (151.4 to 260.8) | 252.2 (203.4 to 298.9) |
| Long bone fractures needing operation | 156.6 (91.7 to 227.3) | 148.2 (87.0 to 204.8) | 154.9 (100.1 to 219.9) | 182.4 (126.0 to 237.0) | 211.0 (168.3 to 265.4) |
*
Townsend scores divided by quintiles, with the highest fifth representing the most deprived electoral wards.