Table 4 Estimated odds ratios (OR) for the associations between smoke event days and presentations to emergency departments for all non trauma, respiratory and cardiovascular conditions by age-group, Sydney, 1 July 1996 and 30 June 2007

All non trauma

0

1.03

(1.02-1.04)

1.01

(0.99-1.04)

1.04

(1.02-1.05)

1.02

(1.00-1.04)

1

1.02

(1.01-1.03)

1.00

(0.98-1.02)

1.03

(1.01-1.04)

1.02

(1.00-1.04)

2

1.02

(1.01-1.03)

0.98

(0.96-1.00)

1.03

(1.02-1.05)

1.02

(1.00-1.04)

3

1.01

(1.00-1.02)

0.99

(0.97-1.01)

1.02

(1.00-1.03)

1.02

(1.00-1.04)

All Resp

0

1.07

(1.04-1.10)

1.01

(0.97-1.06)

1.16

(1.10-1.22)

1.06

(0.99-1.13)

1

1.05

(1.02-1.08)

1.00

(0.96-1.05)

1.11

(1.06-1.17)

1.05

(0.99-1.12)

2

1.00

(0.97-1.03)

0.94

(0.90-0.98)

1.06

(1.01-1.12)

1.03

(0.97-1.10)

3

1.01

(0.98-1.04)

0.97

(0.93-1.01)

1.04

(0.99-1.10)

1.05

(0.98-1.12)

Asthma

0

1.23

(1.15-1.30)

1.06

(0.97-1.17)

1.38

(1.26-1.52)

1.45

(1.16-1.79)

1

1.18

(1.11-1.26)

1.05

(0.96-1.15)

1.30

(1.18-1.43)

1.35

(1.09-1.67)

2

1.14

(1.07-1.22)

0.97

(0.89-1.07)

1.32

(1.20-1.45)

1.37

(1.11-1.69)

3

1.10

(1.03-1.17)

1.00

(0.91-1.09)

1.18

(1.07-1.31)

1.35

(1.10-1.66)

COPD

0

1.12

(1.02-1.24)

*

*

1.23

(1.01-1.50)

1.08

(0.96-1.21)

1

1.03

(0.93-1.14)

*

*

1.00

(0.81-1.24)

1.04

(0.93-1.17)

2

0.96

(0.87-1.06)

*

*

0.96

(0.78-1.18)

0.97

(0.86-1.09)

3

1.03

(0.93-1.14)

*

*

1.02

(0.83-1.25)

1.03

(0.92-1.16)

Pneumonia/bronchitis

0

1.02

(0.95-1.10)

0.96

(0.85-1.07)

1.09

(0.95-1.25)

1.06

(0.94-1.19)

1

1.00

(0.93-1.07)

0.97

(0.87-1.09)

0.89

(0.78-1.03)

1.11

(0.99-1.25)

2

1.02

(0.95-1.10)

1.05

(0.94-1.18)

0.96

(0.84-1.11)

1.04

(0.92-1.18)

3

1.00

(0.93-1.07)

1.01

(0.90-1.13)

0.95

(0.83-1.10)

1.02

(0.90-1.16)

All cardio-vascular

0

1.00

(0.96-1.04)

0.86

(0.54-1.35)

0.98

(0.93-1.04)

1.01

(0.97-1.06)

1

0.99

(0.95-1.03)

1.14

(0.76-1.73)

0.96

(0.90-1.01)

1.01

(0.96-1.06)

2

1.03

(0.99-1.06)

0.92

(0.57-1.49)

1.03

(0.97-1.09)

1.03

(0.98-1.08)

3

0.99

(0.96-1.03)

0.85

(0.52-1.39)

0.99

(0.93-1.04)

0.99

(0.95-1.04)

IHD

0

0.99

(0.93-1.06)

*

*

0.94

(0.84-1.04)

1.03

(0.95-1.13)

1

1.01

(0.95-1.08)

*

*

0.96

(0.86-1.07)

1.05

(0.96-1.15)

2

1.07

(1.00-1.15)

*

*

1.02

(0.92-1.14)

1.11

(1.02-1.21)

3

0.96

(0.90-1.03)

*

*

0.94

(0.84-1.04)

0.98

(0.90-1.08)

Arrhythmias

0

0.97

(0.89-1.06)

*

*

1.01

(0.89-1.16)

0.94

(0.84-1.06)

1

0.91

(0.83-0.99)

*

*

0.86

(0.75-0.99)

0.94

(0.84-1.06)

2

0.93

(0.86-1.02)

*

*

0.95

(0.84-1.09)

0.92

(0.82-1.03)

3

0.94

(0.86-1.03)

*

*

0.91

(0.80-1.04)

0.96

(0.85-1.08)

Cerebrovasc

0

0.99

(0.91-1.08)

*

*

1.00

(0.84-1.18)

0.99

(0.90-1.10)

1

0.99

(0.91-1.08)

*

*

0.84

(0.70-1.00)

1.05

(0.95-1.16)

2

0.97

(0.89-1.06)

*

*

0.94

(0.79-1.11)

0.99

(0.89-1.10)

3

1.01

(0.93-1.10)

*

*

1.10

(0.94-1.29)

0.98

(0.89-1.09)

Cardiac failure

0

1.05

(0.95-1.17)

*

*

1.16

(0.87-1.55)

1.03

(0.92-1.16)

1

0.95

(0.85-1.05)

*

*

0.96

(0.72-1.29)

0.94

(0.84-1.06)

2

1.04

(0.94-1.16)

*

*

1.37

(1.05-1.78)

1.00

(0.89-1.11)

3

1.02

(0.91-1.13)

*

*

1.11

(0.84-1.46)

1.00

(0.89-1.12)