TABLE 1.

Family, Parent, Child Characteristics

	Mothers, n = 176	Fathers, n = 73
Age, mean (SD)	32 (7.8)	37 (8.8)
Race, n (%)
White non-Hispanic	34 (19)	19 (26)
Black non-Hispanic	68 (39)	19 (26)
Hispanic	74 (42)	35 (48)
Education, n (%)
< High school	20 (12)	12 (16)
High school graduate	48 (28)	11 (15)
Some college	64 (37)	25 (34)
College graduate	42 (24)	25 (34)
Partnered, n (%)
Yes	129 (73)	63 (86)
No	47 (27)	10 (14)
Family income, n (%)
<$20 000	59 (33)
$20 000–50 000	57 (32)
>$50 000	62 (35)
	NICU Deceased	PICU Deceased
	(n = 85)	(n = 103)
Age, mo, mean (SD)	1.7 (3.1)	66.7 (72.7)
Age group, n (%)
Infants (<12.5 mo)	84 (99)	34 (33)
Preschoolers (12.5–60.0 mo)	1 (1)	29 (28)
School age (60.1–144.5 mo)	0	19 (18)
Adolescents (144.51–227.0 mo)	0	21 (20)
Gender, n (%)
Male	52 (61)	52 (51)
Female	33 (39)	51 (49)
Length of stay, mean (SD)
Days in the hospital	38 (50.7)	34 (67.3)
Days in the NICU/PICU	38 (50.7)	29 (63.4)