Number of children with and without congenital anomalies and proportions with a surgery code for gastrostomy before age 5 years, by registry
| EUROCAT children | Reference children | |||||
| Number of children included in study | Children with surgery for a feeding tube age 0–4 years | Number of children included in study | Children with surgery for a feeding tube age 0–4 years | |||
| Number | Percentage (95% CI) | Number | Percentage (95% CI) | |||
| Denmark, Funen 1995–2014 | 2423 | 40 | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.4) | 100 748 | 33 | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.05) |
| Finland 1997–2014 | 38 324 | 552 | 1.5 (1.4 to 1.7) | 911 679 | 255 | 0.03 (0.03 to 0.03) |
| Italy, Tuscany 2005–2014 | 4225 | 35 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) | 23503* | 0 | 0.00 (—) |
| Italy, Emilia Romagna 2008–2014 | 5381 | 51 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.4) | 223 995 | 21 | 0.01 (0.01 to 0.02) |
| Spain, Valencian Region 2010–2014 | 4260 | 30 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) | 168 563 | 12 | 0.01 (0.00 to 0.01) |
| UK, Wales 1998–2014 | 17 448 | 210 | 1.3 (1.2 to 1.5) | 531 784 | 53 | 0.01 (0.01 to 0.02) |
| UK, Thames Valley 2005–2013 | 3845 | 46 | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.8) | n/a | ||
| UK, E Midlands and S Yorkshire 2003–2012 | 11 278 | 158 | 1.6 (1.3 to 1.8) | n/a | ||
| UK, Wessex 2004–2014 | 4320 | 78 | 2.1 (1.7 to 2.6) | n/a | ||
| Total | 91 504 | 1200 | 1.3 (1.2 to 1.6)† | 1 960 272 | 374 | 0.016 (0.009 to 0.026)† |
*Reference children Tuscany 10% of population.
†Estimated percentages and 95% CIs are calculated using a random-effects meta-analysis of individual registries’ estimates and not from the total numbers given in the final row of the table.
n/a, not available.