Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the entire child population per year by sex, Catalonia 2014–2021
From: Health inequalities in childhood diseases: temporal trends in the inter-crisis period
Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% (SD) | % (SD) | p-valuec | |
Age (years old) | |||
< 2 | 13.29 (1.22) | 13.16 (1.20) | 0.411 |
2–5 | 18.75 (0.98) | 18.81 (1.02) | 0.544 |
6–10 | 41.22 (1.01) | 41.22 (0.96) | 0.502 |
11–14 | 26.74 (1.56) | 26.82 (1.60) | 0.539 |
SEP | |||
Very low | 4.98 (0.43) | 4.93 (0.44) | 0.410 |
Low | 57.39 (2.69) | 57.32 (2.67) | 0.480 |
Medium | 36.56 (2.58) | 36.66 (2.60) | 0.530 |
High | 1.07 (0.22) | 1.09 (0.20) | 0.573 |
Diseases/adverse eventsa | |||
Asthma | 5.10 (0.46) | 3.43 (0.65) | ≤ 0.001 |
Bronchitis | 11.74 (1.43) | 9.58 (1.61) | 0.007 |
Injuries | 18.52 (2.06) | 15.27 (2.35) | 0.005 |
Poisoning | 0.33 (0.11) | 0.31 (0.13) | 0.422 |
Mood disorders | 1.29 (0.21) | 1.63 (0.07) | 1.000 |
Adjustment and anxiety disorders | 2.81 (0.20) | 2.86 (0.58) | 0.583 |
Congenital anomalies | 10.03 (1.44) | 9.00 (1.58) | 0.098 |
Adverse birth outcomes | 1.66 (0.12) | 1.66 (0.09) | 0.465 |
bOverweight (from 5 to 14 years) | 5.16 (1.07) | 5.63 (0.99) | 0.810 |
Obesity (from 5 to 14 years) | 5.30 (0.51) | 3.90 (0.67) | ≤ 0.001 |
Individuals (N, SD) | 619,886 (11,791) | 584,457 (11,072) | ≤ 0.001 |