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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 77: If your child ever stayed in hospital for at least one night for any illness, how many
times? (For ROI and NI combined) (Questionnaire item B1_11a)
None 1-3 times 4-6 times 7-9 times 10 times + n
Total 14.5% 66.9% 15.2% 0.7% 2.7% 145
Male 16.4% 71.2% 9.6% 0.0% 2.7% 73
Female 11.4% 64.3% 20.0% 1.4% 2.8% 70
5-year old 11.8% 74.5% 11.8% 0.0% 1.9% 51
9-year old 7.9% 65.8% 23.7% 2.6% 0.0% 38
14-year old 20.0% 61.8% 12.7% 0.0% 5.4% 55
(for those have stayed overnight in hospital for at least 1 night only)
Table 78: If your child ever stayed in hospital for at least one night for any illness, for what
reasons? Up to 3 reasons could be indicated. (For ROI and NI combined) (Questionnaire item
B1_11_b_1)
Male
n=68
Female
n=58
Total
n=128
Total Fever/viral infection 27.9% 31.0% 28.9%
Bronchiolitis 13.2% 10.3% 55.5%
Grommets/tympanostomy tubes 8.8% 5.2% 31.1%
Asthma 30.9% 20.7% 27.3%
Urine infection 7.3% 22.4% 14.8%
Throat infection 20.6% 25.9% 22.7%
Gastroenteritis 10.3% 8.6% 10.1%
Croup 2.9% 37.9% 6.2%
Febrile convulsion 4.4% 4.8% 3.9%
Pneumonia 4.4% 4.8% 3.9%
Other: Surgery 20.6% 39.8% 15.6%
Other: Surgery not needed 26.5% 29.3% 27.3%
(for those have stayed overnight in hospital for at least one night only)
In the past 12 months, 80.1% in ROI and 85.2% in NI had consulted a GP in person or by phone about
their child’s health, 20.0% in ROI and 23.7% had consulted another doctor and 30.5% in ROI and 33.3%
in NI had consulted other allied health professionals.
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