Table 1

Means of Health Variables at Various Ages

Age 0–3Age 4–8Age 9–13Age 14–18
Diagnoses related to
    Any major condition  0.154  0.148  0.153  0.219
    ADHD/conduct disorder  0.033  0.037  0.038  0.030
    Asthma  0.081  0.125  0.144  0.120
    Major injury  0.412  0.412  0.386  0.404
    Congenital/perinatal problem  0.156  0.016  0.012  0.013
    Any of the above  0.599  0.563  0.544  0.642
    Number of major diagnoses  0.208
[0.580]		  0.228
[0.691]		  0.216
[0.628]		  0.335
[0.806]
    Maximum number of major diagnoses11
10.500		12
10.320		10
9.45		14
10.01
    Number total diagnoses major and minor[5.28][5.72][5.76][6.48]
Number of observations (N = 50,404)

  • Notes: Standard deviations of continuous variables in brackets. Sample is drawn from administrative records from the province of Manitoba and includes children born between the years 1979 and 1987 excluding 1983.