Table 1.
Characteristics of children with rotavirus-associated hospital, short-stay and emergency department visits, 2006-2009.
| Total N = 552 | Hospitalized n = 163 (30%) n (%) |
Short stay n = 113 (20%) n (%) |
Emergency department n = 276 (50%) n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 76 (47) | 55 (49) | 151 (55) | 0.22 |
| Female | 87 (53) | 58 (51) | 125 (45) | |
| Ethnicity/racea | ||||
| White/non-Hispanic | 91 (56) | 69 (62) | 105 (38) | <0.001 |
| Black/non-Hispanic | 36 (22) | 34 (30) | 99 (36) | |
| Other | 35 (22) | 9(8) | 69 (25) | |
| Insuranceb | ||||
| Private | 76 (47) | 61 (54) | 105 (38) | 0.02 |
| Public | 79 (49) | 42 (37) | 143(52) | |
| None | 7 (4) | 10(9) | 26 (9) | |
| Age in months | ||||
| <3 | 24 (15) | 4 (4) | 7 (3) | <0.001 |
| 3–5 | 4(2) | 12 (11) | 20 (7) | |
| 6–11 | 22 (13) | 18 (16) | 62 (22) | |
| 12–17 | 40 (25) | 27 (24) | 64 (23) | |
| 18–23 | 34 (21) | 21 (19) | 66 (24) | |
| 24–35 | 39 (24) | 31 (27) | 57 (21) |
Bold values indicate a statistically significant difference between columns.
a
5 children's race is unknown (1 inpatient, 1 short-stay patient and 3 ED patients).
b
3 children's insurance type is unknown (1 inpatient and 2 ED patients).