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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Dec;27(12):1047–1051. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817e519b

Table 1.

Demographics of the cohort.

Demographics Non-traumatic N (%) Traumatic N (%) Total N (%)
Total 3,855 (60.5) 2,519 (39.5) 6,374 (100)
Gestational age (weeks)
 <30 652 (16.9) 415 (16.4) 1,067 (16.7)
 30–36 951 (24.7) 623 (24.7) 1,574 (24.7)
 >36 2,252 (58.4) 1,481 (58.8) 3,733 (58.6)
Gender
 Female 1,677 (43.5) 1,059 (42.0) 2,736 (42.9)
 Male 2,178 (56.5) 1,460 (58.0) 3,638 (57.1)
Race/Ethnicity
 White 1,842 (47.8) 1,214 (48.2) 3,056 (47.9)
 Black 611 (15.9) 394 (15.6) 1,005 (15.8)
 Hispanic 1,139 (29.6) 719 (28.5) 1,858 (29.2)
 Other 263 (6.8) 192 (7.6) 455 (7.1)
Birth weight (g)
 <750 128 (3.3) 106 (4.2) 234 (3.7)
 750–999 248 (6.4) 144 (5.7) 392 (6.2)
 1000–1499 476 (12.4) 258 (10.2) 734 (11.5)
 1500–2499 778 (20.2) 490 (19.5) 1,268 (19.9)
 >2499 2,185 (56.7) 1,506 (59.8) 3,691 (57.9)
Day of life at time of LP
 0–3 2,193 (56.9) 1,709 (67.8) 3,902 (61.2)
 4–7 403 (10.5) 241 (9.6) 644 (10.1)
 8–14 559 (14.5) 257 (10.2) 816 (12.8)
 15–30 700 (18.2) 312 (12.4) 1,012 (15.9)