Table 8

General acute inpatient and day case admissions by highest Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) qualification at school leaving (rates per 100 000 person years at risk)

	Number of events	No passes at level 3 or better	SCQF level 3	SCQF level 4	SCQF level 5	SCQF level 6	SCQF level 7	Total
All admissions postschool leaving	99 027**	16 319	14 739	12 984	11 126	8628	6100	10 272
Intentional self-harm†	4697**	1408	1481	891	476	212	115	487
Assault†	2709**	793	812	533	287	108	63	281
Alcohol-related†	4769**	1361	1697	909	450	210	164	495
Drug misuse†	831**	369	399	175	68	17	11	86
Neoplasms	4038**	868	267	321	366	510	341	419
Malignant	2780**	759	194	188	220	379	226	288
Benign	1164	87	62	118	134	126	111	121
Accidents	9758**	1663	1990	1447	1126	696	544	1012
Road traffic accidents	1740**	248	256	254	227	126	84	180
All other accidents	8018**	1415	1734	1192	899	570	460	831
Diseases of the respiratory system	7773**	892	772	951	926	741	519	806
Acute tonsillitis	3136	176	263	379	379	320	220	325
Other diseases of upper respiratory tract	2271	176	194	244	266	236	193	235
Asthma	910**	112	117	145	129	63	24	94
Diseases of the digestive system	12 110**	1817	1394	1341	1300	1207	980	1256
Diseases of teeth and supporting structures	2619**	605	249	253	258	273	226	272
Diseases of appendix	1477*	154	143	177	171	131	140	153
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis	2044**	97	227	178	221	249	190	212
Diseases of the genitourinary system	7393**	793	1101	898	826	706	544	767
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and lab findings, not elsewhere classified	13 286**	2095	2001	1923	1525	1069	733	1378
Abdominal and pelvic pain	7478**	952	1174	1160	874	585	373	775
Pain in throat and chest	1014**	186	157	144	123	82	40	105
Headache	927**	94	117	123	109	83	62	96

Univariate Poisson regression was used to test for trend in each of the health outcomes by attainment.
*p_trend <0.05
**p_trend <0.001
†Apart from intentional self-harm, assault, alcohol-related, drug misuse and accidents, admission outcomes in the table were defined if the corresponding ICD-10 codes was the primary diagnosis. Admissions for intentional self-harm, assault, alcohol-related, drug misuse and accidents were defined as such if the corresponding ICD-10 codes were primary or secondary diagnoses, therefore double-counting of some events may occur if the primary diagnosis was for something else.
ICD-10 codes for outcomes presented in the table are as follows: intentional self-harm X60–X84, Y870, Y10–Y34, Y872; assault X85–Y09, Y87; alcohol-related E244, E512, F10, G312, G621, G721, I426, K292, K70, K852, K860, O354, P043, Q860, R780, T510, T511, T519, X45, X65, Y15, Y573, Y90, Y91, Z502, Z714, Z721; drug misuse F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F18, F19; neoplasms C00–C97, D00–D09, D10–D36, D37–D4; malignant neoplasms C00–C97; benign neoplasms D10–D36; accidents V01–X59, Y85, Y86; road traffic accidents V01–V04, V06–V80, V87, V89, V99; diseases of the respiratory system J00–J99; acute tonsillitis J03; other diseases of the upper respiratory tract J30–J39; asthma J45; diseases of the digestive system K00–K93; diseases of teeth and supporting structures K00–K08; diseases of appendix K35–K38; Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis K50–K51; diseases of the genitourinary system N00–N99; symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and lab findings, not elsewhere classified R00–R99; abdominal and pelvic pain R100–R104; pain in throat and chest R070–R074; headache R51.