Table 2.
Demographics of Patients Admitted (6/2007–6/2010) With a History of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Infection or Colonization
| Demographic | MRSA |
VRE |
Both |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 2414 | 49.7 | 435 | 64.1 | 424 | 57.8 |
| Black | 783 | 16.1 | 103 | 15.2 | 175 | 23.8 |
| Other | 91 | 1.9 | 19 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Missing | 1569 | 32.3 | 122 | 18 | 129 | 17.6 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 2503 | 51.5 | 414 | 61 | 406 | 55.3 |
| Male | 2354 | 48.5 | 265 | 39 | 328 | 44.7 |
| Age | ||||||
| <18 | 110 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 18–34 | 610 | 12.6 | 45 | 6.6 | 64 | 8.7 |
| 35–64 | 2287 | 47.1 | 340 | 50.1 | 390 | 53.1 |
| ≧65 | 1849 | 38.1 | 294 | 43.3 | 279 | 38 |
| (1 age missing in MRSA group) | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Mean | 57 | 61.1 | 58.9 | |||
| Median | 58 | 61 | 60 | |||
| SD | 19.6 | 16.1 | 15.9 | |||
Abbreviations: MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SD, standard deviation; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci.