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Table 2 Distribution of age, time at riding school, age at acquisition, crude and age-adjusted indexes (adjusted by the age distribution in the whole population) by insurance category (Ins cat- HIU/LIU high/low insurance utilisation), riding school and examiner.

From: Orthopaedic health status of horses from 8 riding schools - a pilot study

 

Ins cat

Riding school-Ins cat

Examiner

 

HIU

LIU

HIU

LIU

CJ

LR

Mean age (mean)

10.0

14.0

9.9

10.9

13.3

8.3

15.6

13.3

13.9

12.1

12.8

12.2

(in years) (SD)

2.9

4.6

1.8

3.1

2.6

2.3

5.5

2.7

4.2

3.7

5.0

3.7

(max)

17

25

14

16

17

12

25

17

22

19

25

22

Time at school (mean)

3.3

7.4

2.1

5.5

5.3

1.9

9.7

5.3

6.9

5.5

6.3

5.4

(in years) (SD)

3.4

4.7

2.0

5.0

2.9

1.7

4.8

4.0

4.6

3.7

4.9

4.4

Age at aquisition (mean)

6.6

6.6

7.8

5.4

8.0

6.4

5.9

8.0

6.9

6.6

6.4

6.9

(in years) (SD)

2.8

2.8

1.7

3.9

3.6

1.9

2.3

3.8

3.4

2.0

2.5

3.3

Indexes

            

MOVE

2.4

3.1

2.6

2.0

2.5

2.7

3.7

3.5

2.4

2.6

3.2

2.4

CONF

2.1

1.7

2.1

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.2

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.9

1.9

BACK

1.0

1.1

1.0

0.6

1.0

1.3

1.0

1.5

0.8

1.1

1.2

0.8

LIMBS

3.1

3.5

3.2

2.8

3.3

3.3

4.6

3.9

2.7

3.2

3.8

2.9

TOT-HEALTH

7.1

7.4

7.0

6.5

7.3

7.5

8.9

8.1

6.1

6.6

7.9

6.5

Age-adjusted indexes

            

MOVE

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.7

0.9

0.6

CONF

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

BACK

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

LIMBS

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.3

1.1

0.7

0.8

1.0

0.8

TOT-HEALTH

1.8

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.9

2.5

2.2

1.7

1.7

2.1

1.7

  1. Figures are based on 92-99 horses, examined at 8 Swedish riding schools during 2006.