Table 4.
Mean annual consultation rates per child per year by social class for infectious diseases, asthma, and accidents and poisoning
| Social class | Infectious diseases
|
Asthma
|
Accidents and poisoning
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |||
| I-II* | 0.35 | — | 0.18 | — | 0.17 | — | ||
| III non-manual | 0.42 | 1.19 (1.11 to 1.27) | 0.20 | 1.12 (1.00 to 1.25) | 0.18 | 1.07 (0.99 to 1.16) | ||
| III manual | 0.42 | 1.22 (1.16 to 1.27) | 0.21 | 1.18 (1.08 to 1.27) | 0.20 | 1.15 (1.09 to 1.21) | ||
| IV-V | 0.50 | 1.44 (1.11 to 1.77) | 0.20 | 1.13 (1.02 to 1.23) | 0.21 | 1.19 (1.12 to 1.26) | ||
| Other | 0.48 | 1.38 (1.23 to 1.53) | 0.18 | 0.99 (0.75 to 1.22) | 0.20 | 1.17 (1.02 to 1.33) | ||
| Not known | 0.24 | 0.70 (0.62 to 0.67) | 0.08 | 0.44 (0.38 to 0.51) | 0.11 | 0.67 (0.59 to 0.75) | ||
*
Baseline group.