. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Health Care. 2008 Mar 4;23(1):2–9. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.09.003

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of adolescents

Characteristic	N = 145	%
Sex
Female	92	63.4
Male	53	36.6
Race/ethnicity^*
Black	73	54.1
White	46	34.1
Other (Asian, Hispanic, Biracial)	16	11.8
Age (y)
9-11	22	15.2
12-13	69	47.6
14-15	14	9.6
16-17	21	14.5
18-20	19	13.1

Race/ethnicity data from 10 students were missing. The total N = 135 was used.