Table 2 Details of childhood admissions to eleven health board areas in Scotland between January 2000 and December 2013, including number of all admissions and zero day admissions. A zero day admissions occurs when a child is admitted to hospital and discharged on the same day

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

57,716

26,010 (45%)

37/1000

38 (16.1%)

428 (53.9%)

0.86 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Borders

15,097

5138 (34%)

24/1000

17 (26.2%)

68 (66.7%)

0.61 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

16,388

4532 (28%)

17/1000

6 (7.4%)

39 (35.1%)

0.77 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Fife

34,462

13,683 (40%)

19/1000

71 (42.0%)

107 (13.3%)

−0.78 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Forth Valley

42,361

17,855 (42%)

30/1000

43 (29.1%)

139 (46.1%)

0.39 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Grampian

59,524

17,161 (29%)

17/1000

28 (11.9%)

108 (43.2%)

0.96 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

90,863

32,648 (36%)

15/1000

109 (20.7%)

71(34.7%)

0.73 (p < 0.001)

No (opened pre 2000)

NHS Highland

26,058

7530 (29%)

12/1000

22 (18.0%)

71 (39.9%)

0.71 (p < 0.001)

No

NHS Lanarkshire

77,373

38,608 (50%)

28/10000

31 (14.5%)

287 (57.3%)

0.56 (p < 0.001)

Yes

NHS Lothian

75,774

22,436 (30%)

14/10000

48 (14.5%)

168 (36.8%)

0.60 (p < 0.001)

No

NHS Tayside

73,482

34,665 (47%)

46/10000

116 (38.7%)

226 (54.5%)

0.73 (p < 0.001)

No

Overall

569, 098

220,517 (39%)

22/10000

529 (21.8%)

1479 (45.9%)

0.89 (p < 0.001)