Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and the most frequent long-term diseases diagnoses of children < 18 years of age in 2018 and followed for one year after their birthday or birth according to the number of emergency department visits

N (million)

13.211

10.096

3.115

2.131

0.615

0.369

% row

100.0

76.4

23.5

16.1

4.7

2.8

N ED visits (million)

4,805

0

4,805

2,131

1,230

1,444

% row

100.0

44.3

25.6

30.1

%

%

%

%

%

%

Age

-

 0 - < 1 year

5.1

3.9

9.1

7.1

10.9

17.7

-

 1 - < 2

5.3

4.2

8.8

7.4

10.4

14.0

-

 2 - < 5

16.4

15.2

20.3

19.6

21.5

21.8

-

 5 - < 10

28.4

29.9

23.7

25.7

21.5

16.1

-

 10 - < 14

22.7

23.8

18.9

20.1

17.6

14.4

-

 14 - < 18

22.1

23.0

19.2

20.1

18.2

16.0

-

Median [IQR]

9 [4–13]

9 [5–13]

7 [2–12]

8 [3–12]

6 [2–12]

4 [1–11]

-

Gender

 Girls

48.8

49.4

47.1

46.8

47.1

48.8

9 [4–13]

 Boys

51.2

50.6

52.9

53.2

52.9

51.2

9 [4–13]

CMUc

17.5

16.0

22.7

20.6

24.7

31.4

8 [4–12]

 No CMUc

82.4

83.9

77.1

79.2

75.2

68.5

9 [4–13]

 Missing

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

FDep deprivation index (quintile)

 1 (less deprived)

19.5

20.4

16.6

17.3

15.8

14.2

9 [4–13]

 2

20.0

20.4

18.7

19.2

18.1

16.9

9 [4–13]

 3

19.6

19.5

20.1

20.1

20.2

20.3

9 [4–13]

 4

19.5

19.2

20.5

20.4

20.7

20.7

9 [4–13]

 5 (most deprived)

20.1

19.3

23.0

22

24.2

27.0

9 [4–13]

 Missing

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

Municipality of residence

 Urban

77.5

77.0

79.4

78.5

80.2

82.9

8 [4–13]

 Rural

21.8

22.4

20.0

20.9

19.2

16.6

9 [5–13]

 Missing

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

ED in the municipality residence

 Yes

29.5

28.3

33.3

31.9

34.8

39.0

8 [4–13]

 No

69.5

70.6

65.8

67.2

64.3

60.2

9 [4–13]

 Missing

1

1

1

1

0.9

0.8

Total

 At least one LTD

4.0

3.5

5.3

4.6

5.8

8.8

10 [6–14]

 No LTD

96.0

96.5

94.7

95.4

94.2

91.2

8 [4–13]

Boys

 At least one LTD

4.6

4.2

5.8

5.2

6.3

9.1

10 [6–14]

 No LTD

95.4

95.8

94.2

94.8

93.7

90.9

8 [4–13]

Girls

 At least one LTD

3.3

2.9

4.8

4.0

5.3

8.4

11 [7–14]

 No LTD

96.7

97.1

95.2

96.0

94.7

91.6

9 [4–13]

10 most frequent LTD (ICD-10):

 Pervasive developmental disorders

0.53

0.52

0.56

0.53

0.58

0.68

10 [7–13]

 Asthma

0.24

0.19

0.39

0.30

0.44

0.80

9 [5–13]

 Specific developmental disorders of speech and language

0.17

0.17

0.19

0.18

0.19

0.21

10 [7–13]

 Epilepsy

0.17

0.13

0.28

0.21

0.32

0.62

11 [7–14]

 Unspecified mental retardation

0.16

0.15

0.18

0.17

0.19

0.25

11 [7–14]

 Type 1 diabetes mellitus

0.15

0.12

0.25

0.23

0.28

0.34

12 [9–15]

 Scoliosis

0.15

0.16

0.13

0.13

0.12

0.13

15 [13–16]

 Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

0.12

0.12

0.13

0.12

0.13

0.14

11 [9–14]

 Mixed disorders of conduct and emotions

0.10

0.09

0.13

0.11

0.13

0.20

12 [9–14]

 Mixed specific developmental disorders

0.09

0.08

0.10

0.1

0.12

0.13

10 [7–13]