Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of patients with suspected COVID-19 (N=18,599).
| Demographic information | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR), [Range] | 46, (34–58), [18–104] |
| Gender | |
| Female | 9,437 (50.74%) |
| Male | 9,162 (49.26%) |
| Race | |
| Black | 3,287 (17.67%) |
| Asian | 1,499 (8.06%) |
| White | 6,365 (34.22%) |
| Native American/Alaskan/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/unknown | 1,222 (6.57%) |
| Other/multiracial | 6,226 (33.47%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic or Latinx | 5,384 (28.95%) |
| Not Hispanic or Latinx | 11,677 (62.78%) |
| Unknown | 1,538 (8.27%) |
| Prior hospitalization within past 6 months | |
| 0 | 17,304 (93.04%) |
| 1–2 | 1,137 (6.11%) |
| ≥3 | 158 (0.58%) |
| Insurance | |
| Commercial | 13,983 (75.18%) |
| Medicaid | 869 (4.67%) |
| Medicare | 1,322 (7.11%) |
| Other/unknown | 114 (0.61%) |
| Self-pay/uninsured | 2,311 (12.43%) |
| ESI Triage Level | |
| 1 | 16 (0.09%) |
| 2 | 2,386 (12.83%) |
| 3 | 9,722 (52.27%) |
| 4 | 6,312 (33.94%) |
| 5 | 163 (0.88%) |
| Language | |
| English | 14,694 (79.00%) |
| Spanish | 2,871 (15.44%) |
| Other | 576 (3.10%) |
| Unknown | 458 (2.46%) |
| Medical history | |
| Cancer | 573 (3.08%) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 21 (0.11%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1,130 (6.08%) |
| COVID-19 | 15 (0.08%) |
| CVA/TIA | 179 (0.96%) |
| Diabetes | 1,702 (9.15%) |
| Gastrointestinal disorder | 150 (0.81%) |
| Hematologic | 22 (0.12%) |
| Hypertension | 3,209 (17.25%) |
| Immunologic disease | 115 (0.62%) |
| Obesity | 378 (2.03%) |
| Pulmonary disease | 1,715 (9.22%) |
| Renal disease | 138 (0.74%) |
| Smoking | 36 (0.19%) |
| Transplant | 10 (0.05%) |
| Venous thrombotic disease | 193 (1.04%) |
| BMI Class | |
| Missing/unknown | 8,436 (45.36%) |
| Underweight | 123 (0.66%) |
| Normal weight | 2,596 (13.96%) |
| Pre-obesity | 3,845 (20.67%) |
| Obesity class I | 2,213 (11.90%) |
| Obesity class II | 864 (4.65%) |
| Obesity class III | 522 (2.81% |
IQR, interquartile range; ESI, Emergency Severity Index; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
CVA, cerebral vascular accident; TIA, transient ischemic attack; BMI, body mass index.