Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey Findings41% of Traveller children in ROI and 47.6% in NI had visited a hospital Accident and Emergency (A & E)department in the previous 12 months, and 36.5% of children in ROI and 43.9% in NI had done so onone to 3 occasions. Again, the gender and age group variation was small.Table 75: In the past 12 months, how many visits has your child made to the A & E ofa hospital? (Questionnaire item B1_10)None 1-3 times 4-6 times 7-9 times 10 times + nTotal ROI 59.0% 36.5% 3.4% 0.5% 0.6% 1,195NI 52.4% 43.9% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 164Male ROI 57.3% 38.6% 3.6% 0.3% 0.2% 585NI 50.6% 47.1% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 85Female ROI 61.5% 33.8% 3.1% 0.7% 0.9% 582NI 55.8% 39.0% 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 775-year old ROI 61.8% 34.6% 2.4% 0.4% 0.7% 456NI 59.6% 40.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 529-year old ROI 55.4% 38.0% 5.2% 0.9% 0.6% 345NI 49.2% 42.4% 8.5% 0.0% 0.0% 5914-year old ROI 58.9% 37.3% 3.0% 0.3% 0.5% 394NI 50.0% 48.1% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 5210% of children in ROI and 7.8% in NI had stayed at least 1 night in hospital in the last year, with littlevariability according to age group or sex. The most frequent length of stay was 1-3 nights, for 66.7% ofthose hospitalised. Younger children had the shortest length of stay. The most frequent indications foradmission were infectious conditions, including fever or viral conditions, asthma and other non-surgicalconditions.Table 76: During the last 12 months, has your child ever stayed in hospital for at least 1 nightfor any illness? (not simply been in outpatients or A&E?) (Questionnaire item B1_11)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 10.0% 90.0% 1,370 7.8% 92.2% 180Male 10.9% 89.1% 670 6.3% 93.8% 96Female 9.4% 90.6% 670 8.6% 91.4% 815-year old 9.5% 90.5% 515 3.3% 96.7% 609-year old 8.6% 91.4% 394 10.9% 89.1% 6414-year old 11.7% 88.3% 461 7.4% 92.6% 5497