Table 1.

Prevalent paediatric conditions managed in Australian health facilities 2011–2012

Condition	Paediatric outpatients/community1	General practitioners (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health, personal correspondence)19 (>2% conditions)	Hospital inpatients19 (>400 NSW cases pa)	ED cases (Children's and General Hospital 2011–12 New South Wales, personal correspondence)19 (>400 NSW presentations pa)
ADHD*†	•
Learning difficulty/disability/behaviour/language delay†	•
Eczema and dermatological/skin problems†	•	•
Asthma*†‡	•	•	•	•
Allergy (food other than cows’ milk)†	•
Newborn/neonatal care*	•
Anxiety*†‡	•
General check-up/preventive care		•
GORD	•		•
Autism*†	•
Intellectual disability	•
URTI		•	•	•
Fever		•		•
Acute gastroenteritis		•		•
Croup				•
Head injury				•
Acute bronchiolitis		•		•
Sore ear—otitis media*		•
Acute abdominal pain				•
Renal dialysis			•
Leukaemia			•
Poisoning‡			•
Red blood cell disorders			•
Surgical repair cleft palate/lip			•
Tonsillitis/adenoids		•	•	•
Cerebral palsy			•
Diabetes‡	•		•
Viral illness		•		•

*Leading cause of DALYs in 0–14-year olds by sex, Australia 2003.¹⁷

†Most frequently reported long-term conditions on children aged 0–14 years, 2007–08.¹⁸

‡NHPA.²⁰

ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DALYs, disability adjusted life years; ED, emergency department; GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; NHPA, National health priority area; NSW, New South Wales; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.