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Table 1 Person visit rates to all physicians in ambulatory care by age and sex, Ontario, 2006/07

From: Magnitude of impact and healthcare use for musculoskeletal disorders in the paediaric: a population-based study

 

Person visit rates per 1,000 population

Ratio: Girls/Boys

Average number of visits

 

All ages

Age groups

Sex

  
  

0-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

Girls

Boys

  

All MSD

122.1

66.1

76.4

156.5

174.5

115.2

128.7

0.9

1.68

Injury and related conditions

63.2

25.2

39.1

87.8

91.0

56.0

70.0

0.8

1.65

 Fractures & dislocations

21.4

11.5

16.5

31.6

23.6

15.9

26.7

0.6

2.03

 Strains & sprains

45.7

14.8

24.9

62.5

72.6

43.0

48.2

0.9

1.33

Arthritis and related conditions

27.7

16.7

15.6

32.7

42.5

27.3

28.1

0.9

1.34

 Inflammatory

1.4

0.8

1.0

1.5

2.1

1.7

1.0

1.7

2.39

 Other arthritis

2.1

1.0

0.9

2.3

4.0

2.1

2.2

0.9

1.18

 Soft Tissue

11.9

3.9

5.8

15.1

20.8

11.8

12.0

0.9

1.16

 Joint derangement

2.6

0.5

0.5

2.6

6.3

2.4

2.8

0.8

1.65

 Unspecified arthritis

10.9

11.0

7.8

12.6

11.9

10.4

11.3

0.9

1.22

Bone and Spinal conditions

14.2

4.8

6.1

17.6

25.7

15.1

13.2

1.1

1.30

 Spine

10.4

1.6

3.1

11.9

22.5

11.8

9.0

1.3

1.31

 Bone

3.9

3.2

3.1

5.9

3.3

3.4

4.4

0.8

1.24

Congenital anomalies

3.0

7.7

2.0

1.9

1.2

2.9

3.1

0.9

1.59

Unspecified MSD

33.0

18.6

21.6

41.6

46.4

31.8

34.2

0.9

1.22

  1. People with visits for more than one condition were included in all relevant groups.