TABLE 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Children With Neurologic Impairment Admitted for Pneumonia to 40 Freestanding Children’s Hospitals

Characteristic	Overall Cohort (n = 27455)		Aspiration Pneumonia (n =2659)		Nonaspiration Pneumonia (n = 24796)		P a
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Male	14 414	52.5	1445	54.3	12 969	52.3	.050
Age							<.001
1–4 y	15 375	56.0	1252	47.1	14 123	57.0
5–9 y	6701	24.4	606	22.8	6095	24.6
10–18 y	5379	19.6	801	30.1	4578	18.5
Race/ethnicity							.320
Non-Hispanic white	13 020	47.4	1287	48.4	11 733	47.3
Non-Hispanic black	4440	16.2	405	15.2	4035	16.3
Hispanic	6647	24.2	621	23.4	6026	24.3
Primary source of payment							<.001
Government	14 999	54.6	1649	62.0	13 350	53.8
Private	9705	35.3	834	31.4	8871	35.8
Other	2751	10.0	176	6.6	2575	10.4
NI category
Static neurologic disease	21 717	79.1	1742	65.5	19 975	80.6	<.001
Epilepsy	5073	18.5	1503	56.5	3570	14.4	<.001
Genetic or metabolic condition	4045	14.7	635	23.9	3410	13.8	<.001
Anatomic abnormality	3361	12.2	926	34.8	2435	9.8	<.001
Not otherwise specified/other	2205	8.0	716	26.9	1489	6.0	<.001
Peripheral neurologic disease	1373	5.0	251	9.4	1122	4.5	<.001
Behavioral	669	2.4	54	2.0	615	2.5	.200
Cerebrovascular disease	299	1.1	78	2.9	221	0.9	<.001
Progressive neurologic disease	252	0.9	88	3.3	164	0.7	<.001
CCC
Gastrointestinal	6092	22.2	1699	63.9	4393	17.7	<.001
Congenital/genetic defect	5187	18.9	974	36.6	4213	17.0	<.001
Respiratory	2780	10.1	481	18.1	2299	9.3	<.001
Cardiovascular	2260	8.2	348	13.1	1912	7.7	<.001
Metabolic	1239	4.5	232	8.7	1007	4.1	<.001
Neonatal	1182	4.3	222	8.3	960	3.9	<.001
Hematology/immunodeficiency	870	3.2	58	2.2	812	3.3	.002
Renal	741	2.7	123	4.6	618	2.5	<.001
Malignancy	670	2.4	79	3.0	591	2.4	.060
Transplant	320	1.2	20	0.8	300	1.2	.040
Nonneurologic CCC count							<.001
0	15 138	55.1	372	14.0	14 766	59.5
1	4131	15.0	358	13.5	3773	15.2
2+	8186	29.8	1929	72.5	6257	25.2
Assistance with medical technology	7261	26.4	1856	69.8	5405	21.8	<.001
Gastrointestinal	5929	21.6	1692	63.6	4237	17.1	<.001
Respiratory	1898	6.9	311	11.7	1587	6.4	<.001
Neurologic/neuromuscular	1179	4.3	285	10.7	894	3.6	<.001
Cardiovascular	204	0.7	29	1.1	175	0.7	.030
Renal	143	0.5	23	0.9	120	0.5	.009
Other	872	3.2	160	6.4	703	2.8	<.001
Noncomplex medical comorbidities
Reflux	3629	13.2	1142	42.9	2487	10.0	<.001
Constipation	1685	6.1	365	13.7	1320	5.3	<.001
Scoliosis	1578	5.7	427	16.4	1151	4.6	<.001
Osteopenia/osteoporosis	328	1.2	90	3.4	238	1.0	<.001
Diabetes insipidus	166	0.6	38	1.4	128	0.5	<.001

^aP value for χ² test for categorical variables and for Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables.