Table 1 Incident diagnosis rate ratios of childhood asthma, March 2017–February 2021
From: Childhood asthma diagnoses declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Characteristic | Level | IRRa | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Age Group (reference = 1–5 yo) | 6–11 yo | 1.21 | 1.10, 1.33 |
12–17 yo | 1.41 | 1.28, 1.56 | |
Sex (reference = Female) | Male | 1.26 | 1.16, 1.36 |
Region (reference = West) | Midwest | 0.84 | 0.74, 0.95 |
Northeast | 1.05 | 0.93, 1.19 | |
South | 1.05 | 0.93, 1.19 | |
Missing | 1.47 | 1.30, 1.67 | |
Quarter (reference = Q1)b | Q2 | 0.80 | 0.72, 0.89 |
Q3 | 1.10 | 0.98, 1.23 | |
Q4 | 0.86 | 0.77, 0.96 | |
Pandemic (reference = pre-pandemic)c | Pandemic | 0.47 | 0.43, 0.51 |