Table 2 Morbidity diagnoses between 1 and 2 years of life of children included in the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment Study

From: Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations

 

Children in the analysis (n = 1307)a

Hospitalised at least once

117 (9.0)

Any prescription made by a health-care practitioner:

771 (59.0)

 • Antibiotics (≥3 regimens)

163 (12.5)

 •Iron/folic acid/vitamin B12/other vitamins (≥3 regimens)

216 (16.5)

Up-to-date with local vaccination policies

1231 (94.3)

Otitis media/Pneumonia/Bronchiolitis

98 (7.5)

Parasitosis/Diarrhoea/Vomiting

51 (3.9)

Exanthema/skin disease

159 (12.2)

Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis

6 (0.5)

Fever ≥ 3 days (≥3 episodes)

147 (11.3)

Other infections requiring antibiotics

44 (3.4)

Asthma

15 (1.1)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux

4 (0.3)

Cow’s milk protein allergy

11 (0.8)

Food allergies

15 (1.1)

Injury trauma

34 (2.6)

Surgery

9 (0.7)

  1. Data are number (%). Missing data below 1% for all variables
  2. aFor five children, information on morbidities in the first year of life was used
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