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Table 4 Relative Risk and Conditional Relative Risk for Asthma-related ED Visits and Admissions for High Poverty vs Other Zip Codes

From: Pediatric patient asthma-related emergency department visits and admissions in Washington, DC, from 2001–2004, and associations with air quality, socio-economic status and age group

Age Group (yrs)

Outcome

Relative Risk for asthma-related ED visits/admissions for high poverty vs others

1–17

visits

1.45 (1.39 – 1.51)

 

admissions

1.75 (1.51 – 2.03)

1–4

visits

1.4 (1.32 – 1.48)

 

admissions

1.73 (1.35 – 2.21)

5–12

visits

1.38 (1.3 – 1.47)

 

admissions

1.77 (1.42 – 2.2)

13–17

visits

1.71 (1.54 – 1.9)

 

admissions

1.73 (1.19 – 2.52)

Age Group (yrs)

Given an asthma-related ED visit, the Relative Risk of asthma- related ED visits being admitted:: high poverty vs others

1–17

1.2 (1.05 – 1.37)

1–4

1.23 (1 – 1.52)

5–12

1.18 (0.98 – 1.43)

13–17

1.17 (0.85 – 1.62)

  1. The numbers in parenthesis represent the lower and upper 95 % confidence limits for the percent change in visits and admissions.