Table.
Numbers of admissions (rate per week) for acute appendicitis and non-specific abdominal pain with rate ratios for children aged 5-16 years during school term and holiday time
| Year | Acute appendicitis
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Non-specific abdominal pain
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Holiday | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Term | Holiday | Rate ratio (95% CI) | ||
| 1992-3 | 83 (2.0) | 28 (2.5) | 0.80 (0.51 to 1.23) | 268 (6.5) | 44 (4.0) | 1.63 (1.18 to 2.26) | |
| 1993-4 | 110 (2.7) | 30 (2.7) | 0.98 (0.65 to 1.49) | 320 (7.8) | 48 (4.4) | 1.79 (1.31 to 2.44) | |
| 1994-5 | 103 (2.5) | 26 (2.4) | 1.06 (0.69 to 1.65) | 285 (7.0) | 55 (5.0) | 1.39 (1.04 to 1.87) | |
| 1995-6 | 94 (2.3) | 23 (2.1) | 1.10 (0.69 to 1.75) | 327 (8.0) | 81 (7.4) | 1.08 (0.85 to 1.39) | |
| 1996-7 | 115 (2.8) | 31 (2.8) | 1.00 (0.66 to 1.49) | 341 (8.3) | 63 (5.7) | 1.45 (1.10 to 1.91) | |
| Total | 505 (2.5) | 138 (2.5) | 0.98 (0.81 to 1.19) | 1541 (7.5) | 291 (5.3) | 1.42 (1.25 to 1.61) | |