Respiratory illness between birth and before Key Stage 1 assessment by asthma severity
| Asthma severity algorithm | Acute asthma | ||||||
| No asthma | Diagnosis only | Intermittent bronchodilator | Persistent mild* | Persistent moderate | Persistent severe | Inpatient hospital admission† | |
| N | 75 156 | 532 | 2307 | 6247 | 1365 | 299 | 3487 |
| LRTI GP contacts§ | |||||||
| 0 (%) | 52 170 (69) | 346 (65) | 1071 (46) | 2515 (40) | 445 (33) | 71 (24) | 1196 (34) |
| 1 (%) | 13 361 (18) | 94 (18) | 520 (23) | 1443 (23) | 291 (21) | 50 (17) | 765 (22) |
| 2 (%) | 5336 (7) | 48 (9) | 319 (14) | 863 (14) | 207 (15) | 30 (10) | 511 (15) |
| 3+ (%) | 4289 (6) | 44 (8) | 397 (17) | 1426 (23) | 422 (31) | 148 (50) | 1015 (29) |
| URTI GP contacts | |||||||
| 0 (%) | 20 266 (27) | 204 (38) | 427 (19) | 1022 (16) | 169 (12) | 25 (8) | 598 (17) |
| 1–4 (%) | 39 817 (53) | 243 (46) | 1195 (52) | 3167 (51) | 614 (45) | 126 (42) | 1663 (48) |
| 5–6 (%) | 7190 (10) | 39 (7) | 301 (13) | 855 (14) | 204 (15) | 52 (17) | 472 (14) |
| 7+ (%) | 7683 (10) | 46 (9) | 384 (17) | 1203 (19) | 378 (28) | 96 (32) | 754 (22) |
| GP contacts | |||||||
| Influenza and pneumonia 1+ (%) | 2067 (3) | 20 (4) | 82 (4) | 304 (5) | 113 (8) | 16 (5) | 242 (7) |
| Bronchiolitis 1+ (%) | 3063 (4) | 30 (6) | 221 (10) | 662 (11) | 189 (14) | 54 (18) | 538 (15) |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease 1+ (%) | 465 (1) | 6 (1) | 28 (1) | 96 (2) | 32 (2) | 6 (2) | 89 (3) |
| Unspecified respiratory illness 1+ (%) | 392 (1) | <5 (0) | 24 (1) | 39 (1) | 15(1) | <5 (1–2) | 20 (1) |
| Chronic upper respiratory disease GP contacts | |||||||
| 0 (%) | 69 704 (93) | 490 (92) | 2006 (87) | 5250 (84) | 1050 (77) | 244 (82) | 2907 (83) |
| 1 (%) | 4192 (6) | 31 (6) | 207 (9) | 699 (11) | 203 (15) | 40 (13) | 418 (12) |
| 2+ (%) | 1260 (2) | 11 (2) | 94 (4) | 298 (5) | 112 (8) | 15 (5) | 162 (5) |
| Croup GP contacts¶ | |||||||
| 0 (%) | 69 722 (93) | 500 (94) | 2077 (90) | 5543 (89) | 1146 (84) | 239 (80) | 3091 (89) |
| 1+ (%) | 5434 (7) | 32 (6) | 230 (10) | 704 (11) | 219 (16) | 60 (20) | 396 (11) |
*Inhaled corticosteroid or alternative.
†Excludes first admission if before first GP visit.
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§Includes bronchiolitis if coded with bronchitis.
¶Original categories 0, 1, 2+ changed due to small numbers concerning anonymity rules.
GP, general practice; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.