Table 8. Diagnoses With Longest Lengths of Stay for All Children

Most Common Principal Diagnoses* Mean Lenth of Stay
(in days)
Total No. of Hospital Stays
(in thousands)
Prematurity, low birth weight, and fetal growth retardation 23.3 25
Respiratory distress in infancy 23.3 11
Leukemia 14.7 7
Respiratory failure 11.3 6
Pre-adult mental disorders 9.7 17
Cardiac and circulatory birth defects 9.3 32
Aspiration pneumonitis 9.2 6
Anxiety and personality disorders 9.1 12
Affective disorders (primarily depression) 7.5 75
Complications of device, implant, or graft 6.7 28

* Conditions with at least 3,000 cases.

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