Table 1.
Demographics and PED attendance of the analyzed sample across the three phases.
| PC (Mar 1, 2017–Feb 28, 2020) n = 562,046 |
SC (Mar 1, 2020–Sep 30, 2020) n = 45,818 |
MM (Oct 1, 2020–Feb 28, 2022) n = 157,351 |
Whole period (Mar 1, 2017–Feb 28, 2022) n = 765,215 |
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| Sex, n (%) males | 314,421 | (55.9) | 26,232 | (57.3) | 88,998 | (56.6) | 429,651 | (56.2) |
| Age class, y n (%) | ||||||||
| 0–1 | 134,892 | (24.0) | 10,213 | (22.3) | 37,905 | (24.1) | 183,010 | (23.9) |
| 2–5 | 169,955 | (30.2) | 11,526 | (25.2) | 43,686 | (27.8) | 225,167 | (29.4) |
| 6–11 | 150,689 | (26.8) | 13,153 | (28.7) | 39,630 | (25.2) | 203,472 | (26.6) |
| 12–17 | 106,510 | (19.0) | 10,926 | (23.9) | 36,130 | (23.0) | 153,566 | (20.1) |
| Standardized incidence rate, (95%CI)* | 3,218 (3,168–3,267) | 1,361 (1,329–1,394) | 1,972 (1,932–2,012) | 2,695.3 (2,649.4–2,741.3) | ||||
*Rates are standardized × 100,000 (pop EU 2020). PED, Pediatric Emergency Department; PC, pre-COVID19 phase; SC, School closure phase; MM, Mitigation measures phase.