Table 2.
Age-specific Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal rate differences and rate ratios for potentially avoidable, ambulatory care sensitive and non-avoidable hospitalisations (2000–2013) in a population cohort of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children born between July 2000 and December 2012 in New South Wales, Australia
| Age group | Potentially avoidable | Ambulatory care sensitive | Non-avoidable | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate difference (RD) | Rate ratio (RR) (95 % CI) | RD | RR (95 % CI) | RD | RR (95 % CI) | ||||
| 0–< 2 years | 94.1 | 1.9 | (1.8–1.9) | 43.79 | 1.9 | (1.8–1.9) | - < 0.1 | 0.8 | (0.7–0.9) |
| 2–< 4 years | 26.8 | 1.5 | (1.5–1.6) | 22.49 | 1.6 | (1.5–1.6) | <0.1 | 0.8 | (0.7–0.9) |
| 4–< 6 years | 22.9 | 1.7 | (1.6–1.8) | 21.58 | 1.8 | (1.7–1.9) | 1.2 | 1.0 | (0.7–1.4) |
| 6–< 8 years | 11.3 | 1.5 | (1.4–1.6) | 10.31 | 1.6 | (1.4–1.7) | −1.1 | 0.9 | (0.6–1.2) |
| 8–< 10 years | 8.7 | 1.7 | (1.5–1.9) | 7.45 | 1.6 | (1.5–1.8) | 0.7 | 1.1 | (0.9–1.3) |
| 10–< 12 years | 8.3 | 2.0 | (1.7–2.3) | 7.32 | 2.0 | (1.6–2.3) | 1.7 | 1.2 | (0.9–1.6) |
| 12–< 14 years | 5.3 | 1.8 | (1.2–2.8) | 5.46 | 2.0 | (1.3–3.0) | –0.7 | 1.0 | (0.6–1.6) |
CI confidence interval, RD rate difference, RR rate ratio