Table 2. Patient Characteristics of Hospitalized Non-Birth Infants in KID, 1997 to 2012.
| Characteristic | High-Risk for RSV | Non−High-Risk | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Hospital-izations | All Non-Birth Hospital-izations | Non-Birth RSV Hospital-izations | Non-Birth UB Hospital-izations | Birth Hospital-izations | All Non-Birth Hospital-izations | Non-Birth RSV Hospital-izations | Non-Birth UB Hospital-izations | ||
| Total hospitalizations from all 6 study years, n | 524,372 | 532,363 | 23,709 | 21,494 | 22,839,139 | 3,233,681 | 437,916 | 291,978 | |
| % of total hospitalizations | 4.5 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 9.0 | |||||
| Sex, % | |||||||||
| Male | 51.8 | 56.2 | 57.0 | 60.2 | 51.0 | 57.4 | 57.3 | 61.4 | |
| Female | 48.1 | 43.8 | 43.0 | 39.8 | 48.8 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 38.5 | |
| Race or ethnic group, % | |||||||||
| White | 40.4 | 39.3 | 36.2 | 33.5 | 43.2 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 35.3 | |
| Black | 15.4 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 14.6 | |
| Hispanic | 18.5 | 18.3 | 22.5 | 24.3 | 16.8 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 23.8 | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | |
| Native American | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Other | 4.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | |
| Admission quarter, % | |||||||||
| January−March | 21.6 | 24.7 | 55.3 | 39.7 | 22.2 | 30.8 | 59.2 | 44.0 | |
| April−June | 22.4 | 22.6 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 6.5 | 15.5 | |
| July−September | 23.2 | 22.1 | 2.4 | 9.3 | 24.3 | 18.0 | 1.3 | 6.8 | |
| October−December | 22.4 | 22.8 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 24.9 | 24.9 | |
| Type of health insurance, % | |||||||||
| Private | 48.6 | 40.5 | 33.7 | 30.2 | 51.8 | 38.8 | 37.2 | 32.4 | |
| Other | 51.2 | 59.3 | 66.2 | 69.7 | 48.0 | 60.9 | 62.6 | 67.4 | |
KID, Kids’ Inpatient Database; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; UB, unspecified bronchiolitis.