Table 3 Associations between admissions and sociodemographic characteristics of paediatric ER patients during 2018
Characteristic | Admission | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No 45,240 (97.55) | Yes 1134 (02.45) | ||
Sex | Â | Â | 0.91 |
 Males | 25,049 (97.6) | 626 (02.4) |  |
 Females | 20,191 (97.5) | 508 (02.5) |  |
Age group |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Neonates (>  29 days) | 371 (90.9) | 37 (09.1) |  |
 Infants (29 > 11 months) | 6572 (96.5) | 241 (03.5) |  |
 Toddler (1–3 years) | 14,536 (98.0) | 297 (02.0) |  |
 Pre-schooler (4–6 years) | 9334 (98.3) | 164 (01.7) |  |
 Schooler (7–12 years) | 11,265 (97.3) | 315 (02.7) |  |
 Adolescent (13–14 years) | 3162 (97.5) | 80 (02.5) |  |
Nationality | Â | Â | 0.44 |
 Saudi | 41,771 (97.5) | 1054 (02.5) |  |
 Non-Saudi | 3469 (97.7) | 80 (02.3) |  |