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Table 6 Hospitalization Rates in the Control Sample

From: The effects of oral clefts on hospital use throughout the lifespan

 

0-9 years of age

10-19 years of age

 

Including controls with malformations

Excluding controls with malformations

Including controls with malformations

Excluding controls with malformations

Number of observations

618,082

586,874

343,797

326,991

Hospitalized at least once

54,562 (8.83%)

48,280 (8.23%)

16,967 (4.94%)

15,791 (4.83%)

Hospitalization days among those hospitalized

5.23 (11.37)

4.68 (9.73)

3.88 (9.27)

3.83 (9.39)

  1. Note: The Table reports crude (unadjusted) hospitalization rates and average length of stay in the control sample born between 1977 and 2002 when including and excluding individuals with birth defects. The frequency of those hospitalized is reported with the percentage in parenthesis. The mean of hospitalization days is reported with the standard deviation in parenthesis.