Table 1.
Patient characteristics documented in the medical record and number of patients visiting each ED* in the year before diagnosis.
| No (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| All New Positive Results | Urban Academic ED | Urban Community ED | Suburban Community ED | |
| Patient Characteristics | (n=276) | (n=70) | (n=9) | (n=4) |
| Age, y (range) | 33 (17–77) | 32 (20–59) | 43 (25–68) | 29 (20–43) |
| Race | ||||
| Black | 127 (46) | 47 (67.1) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (75.0) |
| Other | 131 (47) | 20 (28.6) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (25.0) |
| Hispanic | 18 (07) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 210 (76) | 49 (70.0) | 5 (55.6) | 2 (50.0) |
| Female | 66 (24) | 21 (30.0) | 4 (44.4) | 2 (50.0) |
| CD4 (range) | 324 (0–1,756) | 299 (0–1,756) | 316 (20–901) | 632 (316–1,305) |
There were 76 patients with at least 1 visit to an ED, of whom 4 visited both the urban academic and urban community EDs, 2 visited both the urban academic and suburban community EDs, and 1 visited both the urban and suburban community EDs.