Table 1. Overall unplanned admissions and short stay admissions for children <10 years for 1997 and 2006.
| Year | Age group (y) | Sex | Number of unplanned admissions | Unplanned admission rate per 1000 population | Short stay admissions* (% of total emergencies) | Rate per 1000 population | Unplanned readmissions within 28 days (% of total emergencies) | Rate per 1000 population |
| 1997 | Under 1 | Males | 89733 | 285.1 | 43792 (48.8) | 139.2 | 11581 (12.9) | 36.8 |
| Females | 64546 | 215.7 | 31734 (49.2) | 106.0 | 7612 (11.8) | 25.4 | ||
| 1–4 | Males | 115019 | 90.7 | 74269 (64.6) | 58.6 | 9178 (8.0) | 7.2 | |
| Females | 85045 | 70.7 | 53901 (63.4) | 44.8 | 6690 (7.9) | 5.6 | ||
| 5–9 | Males | 65002 | 39.1 | 39637 (61.0) | 23.9 | 4992 (7.7) | 3.0 | |
| Females | 46430 | 29.3 | 27175 (58.5) | 17.1 | 3746 (8.1) | 2.4 | ||
| 1997 total | 465775 | 73.6 | 270508 (58.1) | 42.7 | 43799 (9.4) | 6.9 | ||
| 2006 | Under 1 | Males | 102532 | 333.8 | 61995 (60.5) | 201.8 | 14137 (13.8) | 46.0 |
| Females | 75959 | 259.5 | 46349 (61.0) | 158.3 | 9629 (12.7) | 32.9 | ||
| 1–4 | Males | 131258 | 109.8 | 95371 (72.7) | 79.8 | 12684 (9.7) | 10.6 | |
| Females | 99406 | 87.1 | 70612 (71.0) | 61.9 | 9528 (9.6) | 8.4 | ||
| 5–9 | Males | 66349 | 44.2 | 45754 (69.0) | 30.5 | 5654 (8.5) | 3.8 | |
| Females | 49683 | 34.6 | 33532 (67.5) | 23.4 | 4429 (8.9) | 3.1 | ||
| 2006 total | 525187 | 89.5 | 353613 (67.3) | 60.2 | 56061 (10.7) |
*
Short stay unplanned admissions defined as length of stay <2 days and not followed by readmission within 28 days