Table 2.
Socio-demographic correlates of admissions and A&E attendances
| ADMISSIONS | A&E ATTENDANCES | READMISSIONS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates of hospital admission and A&E episode rate | Age and sex adjusted admission rate ratio (95% CI) | Fully adjusted rate ratio (95% CI) | Age and sex adjusted A&E attendance rate ratio (95% CI) | Fully adjusted rate ratio (95% CI) | Age and sex adjusted readmission rate ratio (95% CI) | Fully adjusted rate ratio (95% CI) |
| Ethnicity (Parent) | ||||||
| White (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Other | 1.16 | 1.17 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.95 | 0.49 |
| (0.77 - 1.76) | (0.78 - 1.77) | (0.10 - 0.33) | (0.14 - 0.40) | (0.15 - 6.27) | (0.06 - 4.04) | |
| p = 0.48 | p = 0.45 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.96 | p = 0.51 | |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Not Married | 1.31 | 1.11 | 1.42 | 1.17 | 1.49 | 1.26 |
| (1.12 - 1.54) | (0.94 - 1.31) | (1.22 - 1.66) | (1.00 - 1.37) | (0.70 - 3.20) | (0.55 - 2.91) | |
| p = 0.001 | p = 0.21 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.05 | p = 0.30 | p = 0.59 | |
| Mothers highest education | ||||||
| Degree / A Level (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| O Level / CSE / Vocational | 1.42 | 1.22 | 1.83 | 1.58 | 1.03 | 0.77 |
| (1.26 - 1.59) | (1.08 - 1.38) | (1.63 - 2.05) | (1.40 - 1.79) | (0.56 - 1.89) | (0.40 - 1.50) | |
| p < 0.001 | p = 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.92 | p = 0.45 | |
| Social Class | ||||||
| Non-manual occupation (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Manual occupation | 1.56 | 1.28 | 1.45 | 1.01 | 1.76 | 1.59 |
| (1.30 -1.86) | (1.06 -1.54) | (1.21 -1.73) | (0.85 -1.22) | (0.75 -4.14) | (0.62 -4.05) | |
| p < 0.001 | p = 0.01 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.89 | p = 0.20 | p = 0.33 | |
| Maternal Age | ||||||
| 30+ (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 25–29 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.29 | 1.32 |
| (0.95 - 1.22) | (0.93 - 1.21) | (0.97 - 1.24) | (0.92 - 1.18) | (0.68 -2.45) | (0.67 - 2.61) | |
| < 25 | 1.92 | 1.68 | 2.36 | 1.95 | 2.44 | 2.23 |
| (1.60 - 2.30) | (1.38 - 2.06) | (1.98 - 2.81) | (1.61 - 2.36) | (1.04 - 5.77) | (0.81 - 6.10) | |
| p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.12 | p = 0.29 | |
| Parity | ||||||
| 0 (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 1.16 | 0.87 | 0.96 |
| (0.80 - 1.03) | (0.84 - 1.09) | (0.92 - 1.19) | (1.02 - 1.31) | (0.45 - 1.67) | (0.48 - 1.92) | |
| 2+ | 1.12 | 1.19 | 1.01 | 1.16 | 0.83 | 0.92 |
| (0.95 - 1.33) | (1.00 - 1.42) | (0.88 - 1.23) | (0.97 - 1.37) | (0.35 - 1.96) | (0.38 - 2.23) | |
| p = 0.05 | p = 0.05 | p = 0.76 | p = 0.06 | p = 0.87 | p = 0.98 | |