Table 1.

The number of children with an emergency admission each year stratified by zero day and non-zero day admission. Data are presented as absolute numbers, number per 1000 population and percentage change in number per 1000 population with reference to 2000 (ref = reference)

	Total number admitted	Zero day admissions	Non-zero day admissions	Scottish paediatric population	Total number admitted/1000	Zero day admissions/1000	Non-zero day admissions /1000	%change all admissions	%change zero day admissions	%change non-zero admissions
2000	33,305	7862	25,443	919,439	36.22	8.55	27.67	ref	ref	ref
2001	34,097	8995	25,102	904,997	37.68	9.94	27.74	4.01	16.24	0.23
2002	34,308	10,937	23,371	890,242	38.54	12.29	26.25	6.39	43.67	− 5.13
2003	35,504	11,957	23,547	877,685	40.45	13.62	26.83	11.67	59.32	− 3.05
2004	37,467	13,599	23,868	871,907	42.97	15.60	27.37	18.63	82.40	− 1.08
2005	40,042	15,252	24,790	865,091	46.29	17.63	28.66	27.78	106.18	3.55
2006	43,927	17,458	26,469	856,083	51.31	20.39	30.92	41.65	138.49	11.73
2007	44,635	18,851	25,784	851,334	52.43	22.14	30.29	44.74	158.96	9.45
2008	44,744	19,198	25,546	850,206	52.63	22.58	30.05	45.29	164.07	8.58
2009	44,720	19,340	25,380	850,477	52.58	22.74	29.84	45.16	165.94	7.84
2010	41,325	17,699	23,626	851,621	48.53	20.78	27.74	33.96	143.05	0.25
2011	43,204	18,188	25,016	853,891	50.60	21.30	29.30	39.68	149.10	5.87
2012	46,139	19,849	26,290	853,009	54.09	23.27	30.82	49.32	172.13	11.38
2013	46,986	21,332	25,654	868,921	54.07	24.55	29.52	49.28	187.11	6.69