TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Study Sample: Electronic Health Record Data From Adolescents Served at the Newark Community Health Centers; Greater Newark Area, NJ; 2011
| Study Variable | All (n = 3810), No. (%) | Black (n = 1713), No. (%) | Hispanic (n = 1000), No. (%) |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 1940 (61.0) | 1038 (60.6) | 631 (63.1) |
| Male | 1240 (39.0) | 675 (39.4) | 369 (36.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 1000 (31.4) | . . . | . . . |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1713 (53.9) | . . . | . . . |
| Non-Hispanic White | 75 (2.4) | . . . | . . . |
| Non-Hispanic other | 223 (7.0) | . . . | . . . |
| Age, y (mean = 15.68; SD = 3.18) | |||
| 10–12 | 701 (22.0) | 384 (22.4) | 204 (20.4) |
| 13–15 | 760 (23.9) | 414 (24.2) | 242 (24.2) |
| 16–18 | 916 (28.8) | 479 (28.0) | 299 (29.9) |
| 19–20 | 803 (25.3) | 436 (25.5) | 255 (25.5) |
| Language | |||
| English | 2033 (75.0) | 1359 (89.2) | 410 (45.7) |
| Spanish | 506 (18.7) | 5 (0.3) | 487 (54.3) |
| Haitian Creole | 173 (6.4) | 160 (10.5) | |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 1635 (51.5) | 1009 (58.9) | 386 (38.6) |
| Medicaid | 500 (15.7) | 289 (16.9) | 145 (14.5) |
| Uninsured or self-pay | 1042 (32.8) | 414 (24.2) | 468 (46.8) |
| Department | |||
| Pediatrics | 2118 (66.6) | 1162 (67.8) | 652 (65.2) |
| OB/GYN | 404 (12.7) | 206 (12.0) | 143 (14.3) |
| Internal medicine | 286 (9.0) | 183 (10.7) | 69 (6.9) |
| Nurse visit (RN or NP) | 372 (11.7) | 162 (9.5) | 136 (13.6) |
| Site | |||
| Newark-North | 777 (25.3) | 156 (9.1) | 406 (43.8) |
| Newark-South | 361 (11.7) | 98 (5.7) | 211 (22.8) |
| East Orange | 785 (25.5) | 657 (38.5) | 79 (8.5) |
| Irvington | 773 (25.1) | 579 (33.9) | 112 (12.1) |
| Orange | 381 (12.4) | 217 (12.7) | 119 (12.8) |
| HPV vaccine initiationa | |||
| No | 2308 (72.6) | 1206 (70.4) | 746 (74.6) |
| Yes | 872 (27.4) | 507 (29.6) | 254 (25.4) |
Note. HPV = human papillomavirus; NP = nurse practitioner; OB/GYN = obstetrics/gynecology; RN = registered nurse. Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.
a
Received at least 1 dose of the HPV vaccine.