Table 2. Demographic characteristics for CDIs, National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 2006*.

Characteristic	No. (%) CDIs	No. (%) non-CDIs
All pediatric hospitalizations	98	69,651
Age, y
Newborn	2	40,022
<1 but not newborn	24	7,474
1–4	32	7,099
5–9	16	4,521
10–14	13	4,943
15–17	11	5,690
Sex
M	48 (49.0)	35,941 (51.5)
F	50 (51.0)	33,808 (48.5)
Race
Caucasian	59 (60.2)	39,457 (52.3)
African American	12 (12.2)	9,602 (13.8)
Other	7 (7.1)	5,589 (8.0)
Not stated	20 (20.4)	18,069 (26.0)

*CDIs, Clostridium difficile infections.