Health inequalities in childhood diseases: temporal trends in the inter-crisis period

Table 2 Estimated mean annual change in RII (mean margin effects) by disease and sex

	Boys		Girls
Disease/adverse event^a	Estimate (%) (95% CI)	p-value^c	Estimate (%) (95% CI)	p-value^c
Asthma	0.86 ( 0.29, 1.44)	0.003	1.42 ( 0.86, 1.98)	≤ 0.001
Bronchitis	0.54 ( -0.31, 1.40)	0.213	0.95 ( -0.07, 1.96)	0.068
Injuries	1.15 ( 0.84, 1.46)	≤ 0.001	1.66 ( 1.28, 2.03)	≤ 0.001
Poisoning	8.65 ( 4.30, 13.00)	≤ 0.001	8.64 ( 5.76, 11.52)	≤ 0.001
Mood disorders	1.94 ( 0.18, 3.70)	0.031	-2.18 ( -3.38, -0.98)	≤ 0.001
Adjustment and anxiety disorders	-0.32 ( -2.06, 1.43)	0.723	-3.28 ( -5.37, -1.19)	0.002
Congenital anomalies	2.01 ( -2.90, 6.92)	0.423	5.92 ( 1.21, 10.64)	0.014
Adverse birth outcomes	1.18 ( -6.83, 9.20)	0.772	7.35 ( -1.48, 16.18)	0.103
Overweight^b	2.77 ( 2.15, 3.38)	≤ 0.001	3.58 ( 2.98, 4.18)	≤ 0.001
Obesity	5.52 ( 4.15, 6.90)	≤ 0.001	4.89 ( 4.26, 5.51)	≤ 0.001

mean percentage change in the RII for each one-unit increase in the year variable
^aDiseases/adverse events included: From 0 to 14 years old: asthma, bronchitis, injuries and poisoning. From 0 to 2 years old: congenital anomalies and adverse birth outcomes (short gestation, low birth weight and fetal growth retardation). From 5 to 14 years old: mood disorders, adjustment and anxiety disorders, overweight and obesity
^bOverweight does not include obesity
^cSignificant at 95% confidence level

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