TABLE 3

Adjusted PAF of RSV-Related Hospital Admissions and Laboratory-Confirmed ED Visits Occurring Before 3 Years of Age That Could be Prevented Among Ontario Infants

CharacteristicPAF
Hospital Admissions,a % (95% CI)Hospital Admissions and Laboratory-Confirmed ED Visits,a % (95% CI)
Demographic factors   
 Rural residence 15.8 (10.1 to 21.2) −0.6 (−8.2 to 6.2) 
 Not geographically isolated −0.5 (−0.8 to −0.3) −0.4 (−0.8 to −0.2) 
 Mother’s immigration status: Canadian born −4.4 (−6.5 to −2.5) −3.5 (−5.8 to −1.4) 
Maternal history of social vulnerabilitiesb   
 Child not apprehended at birth 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0 (−0.3 to 0.2) 
 Maternal age at birth: ≥40 y 35.5 (28.0 to 42.1) 35.0 (26.3 to 42.7) 
 No involvement with the criminal justice system 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) 
 No history of experiencing homelessness 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0 (−0.1 to 0) 
 No mental health or addiction concerns 0.4 (0.1 to 0.8) 0.4 (0 to 0.8) 
 No history of violence and/or woman abuse 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 
 No use of low-income drug benefit programs 4.1 (2.2 to 5.9) 5.1 (3.0 to 6.9) 
Area-level SES measures   
 Material deprivation quintile: least deprived 3.4 (−3.0 to 9.3) −4.0 (−12.2 to 3.5) 
 Dependency quintile: least dependent 2.5 (−1.8 to 6.6) 0.9 (−4.2 to 5.6) 
 Residential instability quintile: most stable −1.5 (−7.2 to 3.8) 4.9 (−1.0 to 10.4) 
 Ethnic diversity quintile: most diverse 16.4 (12.5 to 20.1) 15.3 (10.6 to 19.6) 
 Income quintile: highest income 7.1 (0.3 to 13.3) 5.7 (−1.8 to 12.6) 
Birth characteristics   
 ≥6 mo old during RSV season 45.5 (42.4 to 48.4) 38.3 (35.0 to 41.5) 
 Female sex 11.2 (9.4 to 13.0) 13.6 (11.5 to 15.5) 
 Singleton birth −2.1 (−2.9 to −1.4) −2.2 (−3.1 to −1.4) 
 Gestational age: 39–40 wGA 9.1 (5.4 to 12.4) 6.3 (1.8 to 10.2) 
 Birth wt: 3000–3499 g 4.3 (−0.4 to 8.6) 4.7 (−0.7 to 9.5) 
 Birth stay ≤4 d 5.7 (4.9 to 6.4) 5.4 (4.4 to 6.2) 
 Type of labor: spontaneous vaginal 4.4 (0.9 to 7.5) 4.9 (1.0 to 8.5) 
 No. siblings (at birth): none 41.6 (39.6 to 43.5) 37.7 (35.2 to 39.9) 
Health status factors   
 No diagnosis of a major congenital anomaly 2.6 (2.1 to 3.1) 2.4 (1.8 to 3.0) 
 No diagnosis of BPD 0.2 (0 to 0.3) 0.2 (0 to 0.3) 
 No diagnosis of hs-CHD 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.1) 
 No diagnosis of trisomy 21 0.4 (0.4 to 0.5) 0.3 (0.2 to 0.3) 
CharacteristicPAF
Hospital Admissions,a % (95% CI)Hospital Admissions and Laboratory-Confirmed ED Visits,a % (95% CI)
Demographic factors   
 Rural residence 15.8 (10.1 to 21.2) −0.6 (−8.2 to 6.2) 
 Not geographically isolated −0.5 (−0.8 to −0.3) −0.4 (−0.8 to −0.2) 
 Mother’s immigration status: Canadian born −4.4 (−6.5 to −2.5) −3.5 (−5.8 to −1.4) 
Maternal history of social vulnerabilitiesb   
 Child not apprehended at birth 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0 (−0.3 to 0.2) 
 Maternal age at birth: ≥40 y 35.5 (28.0 to 42.1) 35.0 (26.3 to 42.7) 
 No involvement with the criminal justice system 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) 
 No history of experiencing homelessness 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0 (−0.1 to 0) 
 No mental health or addiction concerns 0.4 (0.1 to 0.8) 0.4 (0 to 0.8) 
 No history of violence and/or woman abuse 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0 (−0.2 to 0.2) 
 No use of low-income drug benefit programs 4.1 (2.2 to 5.9) 5.1 (3.0 to 6.9) 
Area-level SES measures   
 Material deprivation quintile: least deprived 3.4 (−3.0 to 9.3) −4.0 (−12.2 to 3.5) 
 Dependency quintile: least dependent 2.5 (−1.8 to 6.6) 0.9 (−4.2 to 5.6) 
 Residential instability quintile: most stable −1.5 (−7.2 to 3.8) 4.9 (−1.0 to 10.4) 
 Ethnic diversity quintile: most diverse 16.4 (12.5 to 20.1) 15.3 (10.6 to 19.6) 
 Income quintile: highest income 7.1 (0.3 to 13.3) 5.7 (−1.8 to 12.6) 
Birth characteristics   
 ≥6 mo old during RSV season 45.5 (42.4 to 48.4) 38.3 (35.0 to 41.5) 
 Female sex 11.2 (9.4 to 13.0) 13.6 (11.5 to 15.5) 
 Singleton birth −2.1 (−2.9 to −1.4) −2.2 (−3.1 to −1.4) 
 Gestational age: 39–40 wGA 9.1 (5.4 to 12.4) 6.3 (1.8 to 10.2) 
 Birth wt: 3000–3499 g 4.3 (−0.4 to 8.6) 4.7 (−0.7 to 9.5) 
 Birth stay ≤4 d 5.7 (4.9 to 6.4) 5.4 (4.4 to 6.2) 
 Type of labor: spontaneous vaginal 4.4 (0.9 to 7.5) 4.9 (1.0 to 8.5) 
 No. siblings (at birth): none 41.6 (39.6 to 43.5) 37.7 (35.2 to 39.9) 
Health status factors   
 No diagnosis of a major congenital anomaly 2.6 (2.1 to 3.1) 2.4 (1.8 to 3.0) 
 No diagnosis of BPD 0.2 (0 to 0.3) 0.2 (0 to 0.3) 
 No diagnosis of hs-CHD 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.1) 
 No diagnosis of trisomy 21 0.4 (0.4 to 0.5) 0.3 (0.2 to 0.3) 

Adjusted for all factors in the table. The percentage of RSV-related admissions (or ED visits) prevented if the excess risk was eliminated (ie, if a given risk factor was set to the specified category for all children and all other variables were kept the same). Negative values indicate a percentage increase in admissions.

a

Not mutually exclusive.

b

Specific to the 2 y before birth unless otherwise noted.

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