Table 1.
Participant characteristics by the five most common tobacco smoke exposure-related illnesses based on discharge diagnoses
| Top 5 Tobacco Smoke Exposure-Related Illnesses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Otitis Media (n=4,902) |
Acute Upper Respiratory Infections (n=4,577) |
Asthma, with exacerbation (n=3,124) |
Cough (n=2,217) |
Acute Bronchiolitis (n=2,087) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2,647 (54.0) | 2,421 (52.9) | 1,948 (62.4) | 1,214 (54.8) | 1,226 (58.7) |
| Female | 2,255 (46.0) | 2,156 (47.1) | 1,176 (37.6) | 1,003 (45.2) | 861 (41.3) |
| Age | |||||
| 0–5 years old | 4,368 (89.1) | 4,028 (88.0) | 1,740 (55.7) | 1,755 (79.2) | 2,086 (100) |
| 6–18 years old | 534 (10.9) | 549 (12.0) | 1,384 (44.3) | 462 (20.8) | 1 (0.0) |
| Race | |||||
| White | 1,289 (26.3) | 1,238 (27.1) | 773 (24.8) | 852 (38.5) | 922 (44.2) |
| Black | 2,789 (57.0) | 2,624 (57.4) | 2,060 (66.0) | 976 (44.1) | 820 (39.3) |
| Other | 816 (16.7) | 710 (15.5) | 289 (9.3) | 387 (17.5) | 342 (16.4) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic | 4,424 (91.6) | 4,220 (93.8) | 3,024 (97.5) | 2,031 (93.0) | 1,912 (94.2) |
| Hispanic | 407 (8.3) | 281 (6.2) | 79 (2.5) | 154 (7.0) | 117 (5.8) |
| Insurance Type | |||||
| Commercial | 538 (11.3) | 532 (11.9) | 647 (21.2) | 452 (21.0) | 446 (21.7) |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 4,220 (88.7) | 3,931 (88.1) | 2,407 (78.8) | 1,699 (79.0) | 1,611 (78.3) |
| Triage Level | |||||
| Low Acuity | 4,815 (98.3) | 4,276 (93.5) | 2,322 (74.4) | 2,031 (91.6) | 1,378 (66.2) |
| High Acuity | 84 (1.7) | 297 (6.5) | 801 (25.6) | 186 (8.4) | 705 (33.8) |
| Disposition | |||||
| Discharge Home | 4,871 (99.5) | 4,292 (94.1) | 2,555 (82.1) | 2,124 (99.3) | 1,138 (54.7) |
| Admit Non-ICU | 21 (0.4) | 232 (5.1) | 540 (17.4) | 14 (0.7) | 873 (41.9) |
| Admit ICU | 4 (0.1) | 38 (0.8) | 16 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 71 (3.4) |