Table 4.

Distribution of first bleed locations by sex, race, and ethnicity

	All	Female	Male	White	Black	Non-Hispanic	Hispanic
Number of patients, n	166	83	73	117	40	140	17
First bleeding site, n (%)
Subcutaneous	45 (27.1%)	25 (30.1%)	15 (20.5%)	34 (29.1%)	5 (12.5%)	37 (26.4%)	2 (11.8%)
Extremity NOS	12 (7.2%)	4 (4.8%)	8 (11.0%)	9 (7.7%)	2 (5.0%)	9 (6.4%)	2 (11.8%)
Subcutaneous + extremity NOS	57 (34.3%)	29 (34.9%)	23 (31.5%)	43 (36.8%)	7 (17.5%)	46 (32.8%)	4 (23.6%)
Mucosal	35 (21.1%)	17 (20.5%)	17 (23.3%)	24 (20.5%)	10 (25.0%)	29 (20.7%)	5 (29.4%)
Muscle	9 (5.4%)	2 (2.4%)	5 (6.8%)	8 (6.8%)	1 (2.5%)	7 (5.0%)	2 (11.8%)
Joint	7 (4.2%)	3 (3.6%)	4 (5.5%)	5 (4.3%)	2 (5.0%)	7 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Retroperitoneal	4 (2.4%)	2 (2.4%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (2.6%)	1 (2.5%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)
Surgery/biopsy/IV-PICC site	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (2.5%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Postpartum	3 (1.8%)	3 (3.6%)	NA	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Head	3 (1.8%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (5.9%)
Other	7 (4.2%)	6 (7.2%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (2.6%)	4 (10.0%)	7 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Not specified	27 (16.3%)	27 (32.5%)	20 (27.4%)	29 (24.8%)	18 (45.0%)	41 (29.3%)	6 (35.3%)

IV-PICC, intravenous peripherally inserted central catheters; NA, not applicable; NOS, not otherwise specified.