Table 4 |
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Relative Risk and Conditional Relative Risk for Asthma-related ED Visits and Admissions for High Poverty vs Other Zip Codes |
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| Age Group (yrs) |
Outcome |
Relative Risk for asthma-related ED visits/admissions for high poverty vs others |
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| 1–17 |
visits |
1.45 (1.39 – 1.51) |
| admissions |
1.75 (1.51 – 2.03) |
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| 1–4 |
visits |
1.4 (1.32 – 1.48) |
| admissions |
1.73 (1.35 – 2.21) |
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| 5–12 |
visits |
1.38 (1.3 – 1.47) |
| admissions |
1.77 (1.42 – 2.2) |
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| 13–17 |
visits |
1.71 (1.54 – 1.9) |
| admissions |
1.73 (1.19 – 2.52) |
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| Age Group (yrs) |
Given an asthma-related ED visit, the Relative Risk of asthma- related ED visits being
admitted:: high poverty vs others |
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| 1–17 |
1.2 (1.05 – 1.37) |
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| 1–4 |
1.23 (1 – 1.52) |
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| 5–12 |
1.18 (0.98 – 1.43) |
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| 13–17 |
1.17 (0.85 – 1.62) |
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The numbers in parenthesis represent the lower and upper 95 % confidence limits for the percent change in visits and admissions. |
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Babin et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:9 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-9 |
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