Table 1.

Annual rates of healthcare use per 1000 child-years and relative change from baseline 2007 to 2017∗,†

	Infants <1 year			Preschool children 1–4 years old			School children 5–9 years old			Teenagers 10–14 years old
	Baseline	2017	% change* (95% CI)	Baseline	2017	% change* (95% CI)	Baseline	2017	% change* (95% CI)	Baseline	2017	% change* (95% CI)
General practice consultations	6084	6722	10.5 (8.9 to 12.0)	2707	2368	−12.5 (−13.2 to 11.8)	1416	1218	−14.0 (-14.8, to 13.2)	1143	1074	−6.0 (−7.0 to 5.0)
Outpatient visits	883	1529	73.1 (66.0 to 80.2)	518	706	36.3 (33.7 to 38.9)	477	649	36.2 (33.8 to 38.6)	451	648	43.9 (41.1 to 46.7)
Emergency department visits†	562	780	38.6 (32.8 to 44.5)	419	497	18.8 (17.0 to 20.5)	226	249	10.3 (8.2,12.3)	280	297	6.2 (4.2 to 8.1)
Emergency admissions	312	410	31.6 (24.2 to 39.1)	109	123	12.8 (8.8 to 16.8)	38	39	2.8 (−2.9 to 8.5)	34	34	−1.4 (−8.1 to 5.2)
Elective admissions	47	68	46.4 (14.1 to 78.6)	53	52	−3.0 (−13.7 to 7.6)	48	47	−2.4 (−10.3 to 5.5)	38	46	20.7 (−1.0 to 42.3)

*% change calculated as (rate in 2017—rate in baseline)/rate in baseline; 95% CI.

†Baseline year used was 2007/2008 for all outcomes except emergency department visits, which was 2011/2012 due to poor data quality prior to this time.