TABLE 2.
Estimated Population-Based Rate of Visits for Pediatric Outpatient CAP by Age Group, Gender, Race, and Visit Location Over the Study Period
| Annual CAP Rate/1000 People (95% CI)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–1995 | 1996–1997 | 1998–1999 | 2000–2001 | 2002–2003 | 2004–2005 | 2006–2007 | |
| Age, y | |||||||
| 1–5 | 40.0 (27.3–52.7) | 32.3 (19.6–44.9) | 42.9 (25.4–60.4) | 43.7 (26.5–61.0) | 49.6 (32.0–67.2) | 36.3 (23.1–49.5) | 48.8 (32.0–65.6) |
| 6–10 | 18.4 (8.5–28.4) | 24.1 (12.5–35.7) | 12.0 (5.8–18.2) | 24.4 (12.0–36.8) | 22.9 (12.3–33.4) | 13.7 (6.1–21.4) | 18.4 (6.8–30.1) |
| 11–18 | 5.9 (2.2–9.6) | 2.4 (0.4–4.3)a | 7.8 (2.3–13.4) | 6.2 (2.6–9.8) | 5.3 (1.8–8.9) | 8.1 (2.4–13.7) | 8.7 (2.7–14.6) |
| Total | 19.2 (13.3–25.2) | 16.9 (11.8–21.9) | 18.5 (12.3–24.7) | 21.3 (13.6–29.0) | 22.0 (16.3–27.7) | 17.3 (11.9–22.6) | 22.4 (15.2–29.6) |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 24.3 (15.4–33.2) | 14.6 (8.5–20.7) | 18.9 (10.2–27.6) | 23.0 (13.8–32.2) | 22.2 (15.1–29.3) | 14.5 (9.2–19.8) | 21.7 (12.7–30.7) |
| Female | 15.7 (9.8–21.5) | 20.1 (13.1–27.1) | 18.0 (10.8–25.2) | 20.0 (10.5–29.4) | 24.2 (15.1–33.4) | 21.3 (12.3–30.3) | 24.4 (14.7–34.1) |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 20.6 (14.3–27.0) | 17.2 (11.4–23.1) | 18.0 (11.1–24.9) | 21.5 (13.7–29.2) | 24.4 (17.4–31.5) | 19.9 (13.1–26.6) | 24.5 (15.6–33.4) |
| Black | 14.5 (2.7–26.2) | 16.4 (4.8–27.9) | 21.1 (9.1–33.1) | 22.9 (4.2–41.4) | 15.7 (5.7–25.7) | 8.3 (5.1–11.4) | 15.9 (8.1–23.7) |
| Visit location | |||||||
| ED | 3.0 (2.1–3.8) | 3.0 (2.2–3.8) | 3.4 (2.3–4.5) | 3.9 (2.8–5.0) | 4.0 (3.1–5.0) | 3.6 (2.6–4.6) | 3.6 (2.7–4.5) |
| Office | 16.3 (10.5–22.1) | 13.8 (8.9–18.7) | 15.1 (9.2–21.0) | 17.4 (10.0–24.8) | 18.0 (12.3–23.6) | 13.7 (8.5–18.8) | 18.8 (11.9–25.7) |
a
Estimate is based on fewer than 30 unweighted records.