Table 2.
Demographics and characteristics for the children in the 2007 fire in the San Diego, CA, zip code area
| Characteristic | No. (%) of children | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (n = 83) |
Normal (n = 2,058) |
Overweight (n = 774) |
Obese (n = 1,050) |
Total (n = 3,965) |
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| Age, y | <.001 | |||||
| 5–11 | 62 (74.7) | 1,223 (59.4) | 494 (63.8) | 741 (70.6) | 2,520 (63.6) | |
| 12–17 | 21 (25.3) | 835 (40.6) | 280 (36.2) | 309 (29.4) | 1,445 (36.4) | |
| Sex | <.001 | |||||
| Female | 31 (37.3) | 976 (47.4) | 365 (47.2) | 411 (39.1) | 1,783 (45) | |
| Male | 52 (62.7) | 1,082 (52.6) | 409 (52.8) | 639 (60.9) | 2,182 (55) | |
| Race/ethnicitya | <.001 | |||||
| White | 33 (39.8) | 856 (41.6) | 300 (38.8) | 310 (29.5) | 1,499 (37.8) | |
| African American | 8 (9.6) | 180 (8.7) | 81 (10.5) | 113 (10.8) | 382 (9.6) | |
| Hispanic | 16 (19.3) | 580 (28.2) | 242 (31.3) | 452 (43) | 1,290 (32.5) | |
| Asian | 12 (14.5) | 159 (7.7) | 55 (7.1) | 68 (6.5) | 294 (7.4) | |
| Other | 5 (6) | 38 (1.8) | 14 (1.8) | 19 (1.8) | 76 (1.9) | |
| Unknown | 9 (10.8) | 245 (11.9) | 82 (10.6) | 88 (8.4) | 424 (10.7) | |
a
Because of rounding, not all percentages total 100%.