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Table 3 Overall presenting problems by age group, for rural and urban students compared to AIHW MCD codes * as percent

From: Paediatric case mix in a rural clinical school is relevant to future practice

Rural

Neonate

Infant

Child

Adolescent

Rural total

Urban

Neonate

Infant

Child

Adolescent

Urban total

AIHW

%

n

%

n

%

ENT / Respiratory

25

12.8%

101

38.9%

233

26.4%

25

13.8%

384

25.3%

ENT / Respiratory

16

23.2%

147

45.1%

240

25.1%

17

10.3%

420

27.7%

34.8%

Gastrointestinal/ Genitourinary

23

11.8%

36

13.9%

143

16.2%

44

24.3%

246

16.2%

Gastrointestinal/ Genitourinary

8

11.6%

48

14.7%

160

16.7%

29

17.6%

245

16.2%

16.9%

Neuro/ developmental

4

2.1%

24

9.2%

110

12.5%

14

7.7%

152

10.0%

Neuro/ developmental

4

5.8%

22

6.8%

119

12.5%

27

16.4%

172

11.3%

5.1%

Musculoskeletal

6

3.1%

3

1.2%

77

8.7%

22

12.2%

108

7.1%

Musculoskeletal

1

1.5%

4

1.2%

75

7.9%

24

14.6%

104

6.9%

10.8%

Fever

0

0.0%

22

8.5%

47

5.3%

2

1.1%

71

4.7%

Fever

6

8.7%

27

8.2%

96

10.0%

4

2.4%

133

8.8%

2.6%

Skin

6

3.1%

16

6.2%

75

8.5%

11

6.1%

108

7.1%

Skin

0

0.0%

16

4.9%

65

6.8%

11

6.7%

92

6.1%

5.2%

Well child

79

40.5%

13

5.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

92

6.1%

Well child

5

7.3%

17

5.2%

25

2.6%

0

0.0%

47

3.1%

2.9%

Mental health

0

0.0%

1

0.4%

59

6.7%

19

10.5%

79

5.2%

Mental health

0

0.0%

2

0.6%

15

1.6%

20

12.1%

37

2.4%

4.0%

Other

52

26.7%

44

16.9%

138

15.6%

44

24.3%

278

18.3%

Other

29

42.0%

43

13.2%

161

16.7%

33

20.0%

266

17.5%

 

Total

%

195

12.9

 

260

17.1

 

882

58.1

 

181

11.9

 

1518

 

Total

%

69

4.5

 

326

21.5

 

956

63.1

 

165

10.9

 

1516

  
  1. *excluding newborns