Proportion of children using at least one health service between birth and 5 years of age based on vulnerability classification
| Service type | Vulnerable children (n=124 668), n (%) | Non-vulnerable children (n=240 470), n (%) | Relative risk ratio (95% CI)* |
| Primary care services | |||
| General practitioner | |||
| Year 1 | 117 627 (94.4) | 231 571 (96.3) | 0.84 (0.83 to 0.85) |
| Year 2 | 115 629 (92.8) | 229 320 (95.4) | 0.83 (0.82 to 0.84) |
| Year 3 | 102 053 (81.9) | 208 378 (86.7) | 0.87 (0.87 to 0.88) |
| Year 4 | 81 863 (65.7) | 198 146 (82.4) | 0.70 (0.69 to 0.71) |
| Year 5 | 63 069 (50.6) | 177 821 (74.0) | 0.68 (0.68 to 0.69) |
| Total | 121 047 (97.1) | 236 184 (98.2) | 0.82 (0.80 to 0.84) |
| Secondary care services | |||
| Specialist | |||
| Year 1 | 26 423 (21.2) | 91 281 (38.0) | 0.78 (0.77 to 0.78) |
| Year 2 | 15 532 (12.5) | 42 547 (17.7) | 0.88 (0.88 to 0.88) |
| Year 3 | 13 285 (10.7) | 36 392 (15.1) | 0.88 (0.88 to 0.89) |
| Year 4 | 10 639 (8.5) | 34 707 (14.4) | 0.84 (0.84 to 0.85) |
| Year 5 | 8264 (6.6) | 30 239 (12.6) | 0.82 (0.81 to 0.82) |
| Total | 43 826 (35.2) | 127 569 (53.1) | 0.78 (0.78 to 0.79) |
| Pathology | |||
| Year 1 | 34 651 (27.8) | 76 471 (31.8) | 0.94 (0.93 to 0.94) |
| Year 2 | 32 641 (26.2) | 69 453 (28.9) | 0.96 (0.95 to 0.96) |
| Year 3 | 27 516 (22.1) | 59 678 (24.8) | 0.95 (0.95 to 0.96) |
| Year 4 | 21 215 (17.0) | 56 549 (23.5) | 0.88 (0.88 to 0.88) |
| Year 5 | 14 648 (11.8) | 44 928 (18.7) | 0.85 (0.84 to 0.85) |
| Total | 75 084 (60.2) | 163 080 (67.8) | 0.89 (0.89 to 0.89) |
| Diagnostic imaging | |||
| Year 1 | 21 832 (17.5) | 48 252 (20.1) | 0.95 (0.94 to 0.95) |
| Year 2 | 13 050 (10.5) | 29 005 (12.1) | 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96) |
| Year 3 | 10 430 (8.4) | 24 030 (10.0) | 0.94 (0.93 to 0.95) |
| Year 4 | 7740 (6.2) | 21 978 (9.1) | 0.88 (0.87 to 0.89) |
| Year 5 | 5932 (4.8) | 18 836 (7.8) | 0.86 (0.85 to 0.86) |
| Total | 43 176 (34.6) | 99 312 (41.3) | 0.91 (0.91 to 0.91) |
| Tertiary care services | |||
| Inpatient | |||
| Year 1 | 28 419 (22.8) | 44 791 (18.6) | 1.10 (1.09 to 1.10) |
| Year 2 | 17 206 (13.8) | 34 339 (14.3) | 0.99 (0.98 to 0.99) |
| Year 3 | 9418 (7.6) | 23 313 (9.7) | 0.92 (0.91 to 0.92) |
| Year 4 | 6228 (5.0) | 16 515 (6.9) | 0.90 (0.89 to 0.91) |
| Year 5 | 4063 (3.3) | 11 317 (4.7) | 0.89 (0.88 to 0.90) |
| Total | 47 514 (38.1) | 93 035 (38.7) | 0.99 (0.99 to 1.00) |
| Emergency department | |||
| Year 1 | 56 640 (45.4) | 80 392 (33.4) | 1.20 (1.19 to 1.20) |
| Year 2 | 46 767 (37.5) | 81 651 (34.0) | 1.06 (1.05 to 1.06) |
| Year 3 | 27 163 (21.8) | 57 872 (24.1) | 0.96 (0.95 to 0.96) |
| Year 4 | 17 509 (14.0) | 38 542 (16.0) | 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96) |
| Year 5 | 10 859 (8.7) | 24 556 (10.2) | 0.94 (0.94 to 0.95) |
| Total | 85 255 (68.4) | 156 063 (64.9) | 1.05 (1.05 to 1.06) |
*Reference group=non-vulnerable children.