Table 3.
Mean annual consultation rates per child per year by social class for illness episodes and severity of illness
| Social class | Minor illness
|
Moderate illness
|
Serious illness
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |||
| I-II* | 1.87 | — | 1.45 | — | 0.23 | — | ||
| III non-manual | 2.13 | 1.14 (1.09 to 1.20) | 1.57 | 1.08 (1.04 to 1.12) | 0.26 | 1.13 (1.02 to 1.24) | ||
| III manual | 2.07 | 1.11 (1.08 to 1.14) | 1.60 | 1.11 (1.08 to 1.14) | 0.27 | 1.21 (1.12 to 1.29) | ||
| IV-V | 2.21 | 1.18 (1.14 to 1.23) | 1.71 | 1.18 (1.07 to 1.28) | 0.27 | 1.18 (1.08 to 1.27) | ||
| Other | 2.25 | 1.20 (1.13 to 1.28) | 1.67 | 1.15 (1.08 to 1.22) | 0.24 | 1.04 (0.82 to 1.27) | ||
| Not known | 1.39 | 0.74 (0.69 to 0.80) | 0.91 | 0.63 (0.55 to 0.70) | 0.13 | 0.57 (0.50 to 0.63) | ||
*
Baseline group.