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Complicated disease was defined as perforation or abscess formation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Young children (0\u20134 years old) had the lowest annual incidence of acute appendicitis, but they had a 5-fold increased risk of complicated disease (odds ratio: 4.9; 95% confidence interval: 4.0\u20135.9), compared with teenagers. Children with Medicaid insurance had a 1.3-fold increased risk of complicated disease, compared with children with commercial insurance (odds ratio: 1.3: 95% confidence interval: 1.2\u20131.4). Children with Medicaid insurance had significantly longer average length of stay (4.0 \u00b1 3.7 days) than all other payers (commercial insurance: 3.3 \u00b1 4.0 days; health maintenance organization: 3.5 \u00b1 3.1 days; and self-insured: 3.7 \u00b1 5.8 days).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Very young children had the greatest risk of complicated disease. 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