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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2024 Nov 22;76(3):455–462. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.10.016

Table 1.

Overall sample characteristics

Observed months among all individuals Observed months among pregnancy-capable individuals

N % N %

1 or more messages sent from teen portal
 No 659,883 98.8 320,980 98.4
 Yes 7,795 1.2 5,081 1.6
Calendar year
 2019 216,187 32.4 105,875 32.5
 2020 225,521 33.8 110,083 33.8
 2021 225,970 33.8 110,103 33.8
Age (years)
 13 133,407 20.0 65,036 19.9
 14 134,610 20.2 65,705 20.2
 15 134,990 20.2 66,212 20.3
 16 137,658 20.6 67,178 20.6
 17 127,013 19.0 61,930 19.0
Gender
 Male sex, not TGD 339,340 50.8 - -
 Female sex, not TGD 317,852 47.6 317,852 97.5
 Male sex, TGD 2,277 0.3 - -
 Female sex, TGD 8,209 1.2 8,209 2.5
Race & Ethnicity*
 Asian 105,385 15.8 52,865 16.2
 Black/African American 71,105 10.6 36,113 11.1
 Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian 17,856 2.7 8,790 2.7
 American Indian and Alaska Native 12,999 1.9 6,759 2.1
 Hispanic 58,771 8.8 29,234 9.0
 White non-Hispanic only 343,707 51.5 167,419 51.3
 More than one race** 65,753 9.8 33,654 10.3
 Other (not Hispanic) 16,481 2.5 7,703 2.4
 No race or ethnicity recorded 66,615 10.0 30,189 9.3
Insurance status
 Private (HMO/PPO) 556,220 83.3 272,469 83.6
 Medicaid 111,458 16.7 53,592 16.4
Preventive care visit in past 18 months
 No 344,812 51.6 167,378 51.3
 Yes 322,866 48.4 158,683 48.7
Prior portal use for secure messaging
 No 641,417 96.1 309,949 95.1
 Yes 26,261 3.9 16,112 4.9
Parent proxy account active
 No proxy account, or not active 429,124 64.3 208,921 64.1
 Yes 238,554 35.7 117,140 35.9

Total 667,678 100 326,061 100

Abbreviations: TGD = transgender or gender diverse, HMO/PPO: Health Maintenance Organization/Preferred Provider Organization

*

Race/ethnicity categories are not mutually exclusive.

**

More than one race/ethnicity category was reported. These observations are also counted in individual race/ethnicity categories, so percentages will add up to more than 100