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Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2019 Jun 3;111(5):540–545. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.04.011

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients hospitalized with pneumococcal disease – NIS 2014*

Characteristic	Total (N=2,193,296)	Black (N=236,620)	Non-Black (N=1,956,676)	P Value
Age group (years)				<0.001
50–64	28.9%	45.0%	26.9%
65–79	38.7%	35.9%	39.0%
80+	32.4%	19.1%	34.0%
Sex				<0.001
Female	50.7%	52.9%	50.4%
Male	49.3%	47.1%	49.6%
Medical insurance				0.449
Private/other	14.0%	14.2%	14.0%
Public/self-pay	86.0%	85.8%	86.0%
Discharged status				0.653
Alive	92.0%	91.9%	92.0%
Dead	8.0%	8.1%	8.0%
Length of stay (days), mean (SE)	7.7 (0.05)	9.1 (0.10)	7.5(0.05)	<0.001
Cost, $US, mean (SE)	18,154 (203)	20,733 (306)	17,844 (203)	<0.001