TABLE 2—

Demographic Characteristics of Those With Disaster Related Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: United States, 1991–2009

Variable	Total cases, No. (%)	Fatal cases, No. (%)	Nonfatal cases, No. (%)
Age (n = 1189), y
< 18	422 (35.5)	4 (12.1)	418 (36.2)
≥ 18	766 (64.4)	29 (87.9)	737 (63.8)
Sex (n = 1209)
Female	683 (56.5)	7 (21.2)	676 (57.5)
Male	526 (43.5)	26 (78.8)	500 (42.5)
Race/ethnicity (n = 1239)
White	469 (37.9)	14 (28.0)	455 (38.3)
Black	204 (16.5)	11 (22.0)	193 (16.2)
Hispanic	265 (21.4)	10 (20.0)	255 (21.4)
Asian	93 (7.5)	7 (14.0)	86 (7.2)
Other/unknown	120 (9.7)	1 (2.0)	119 (10.0)
Missing	88 (7.1)	7 (14.0)	81 (6.8)