Table II.

Patient demographics and hospital characteristics of our sample of pediatric patients with a principal diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (overall n = 27 983)

Characteristics	Mean (95% CI) or n (%)
Age (y)	15.15 (15.01–15.29)
Sex
Male	11 415	(41.1)
Race
White	12 680	(53.5)
Black	2703	(11.4)
Hispanic	6534	(27.6)
Other	1773	(7.5)
Insurance
Medicare	126	(0.5)
Medicaid	11 379	(40.7)
Private	12 439	(44.5)
Other	3986	(14.3)
Hospital type
Rural	2997	(11.1)
Urban nonteaching	8527	(31.5)
Urban teaching	15 513	(57.4)