Table 2.
Mean annual consultation rates per child per year by social class for illness, prevention, and home visits
| Social class | Illness
|
Prevention
|
Home visits
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |||
| I-II* | 2.89 | — | 0.53 | — | 0.21 | — | ||
| III non-manual | 3.23 | 1.12 (1.09 to 1.16) | 0.57 | 1.09 (0.96 to 1.21) | 0.32 | 1.55 (1.32 to 1.79) | ||
| III manual | 3.30 | 1.14 (1.12 to 1.17) | 0.52 | 0.98 (0.89 to 1.08) | 0.33 | 1.61 (1.47 to 1.75) | ||
| IV-V | 3.53 | 1.23 (1.15 to 1.30) | 0.51 | 0.95 (0.86 to 1.05) | 0.41 | 2.00 (1.81 to 2.18) | ||
| Other | 3.37 | 1.17 (1.11 to 1.23) | 0.61 | 1.15 (1.00 to 1.30) | 0.38 | 1.86 (1.55 to 2.17) | ||
| Not known | 1.90 | 0.66 (0.60 to 0.70) | 0.40 | 0.76 (0.66 to 0.86) | 0.33 | 1.59 (0.56 to 2.63) | ||
*
Baseline group.