Table 3 Age and gender profile adjusted rate ratios for recording child safeguarding codes after compared with before the simple coding intervention. CI = confidence interval

	Any child with ≥1 maltreatment-related codes	Any child with ≥1 code reflecting a child protection procedure	Any child coded as ‘cause for concern’
	Adjusted rate ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted rate ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted rate ratio (95% CI)
Overall	1.4 (1.1–1.6)	1.6 (1.1–2.2)	2.5 (1.8–3.4)
<5 years	1.2 (0.9–1.6)	1.3 (0.8–2.3)	1.9 (1.2–2.9)
5–18 years	1.5 (1.2–1.8)	1.7 (1.1–2.6)	3.7 (2.4–5.9)