Table 2.

Demographics of pediatric asthma patients at Hospital System A by language group, Ohio, 2011–2015.

Individual-level		Total		English-only		Bilingual		Limited English proficiency		p value
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total		18 243	100%	15 352	84%	1147	6%	1744	10%
Age
	Under 5	6660	37%	5313	35%	531	46%	816	47%	<0.001
	5–<12	7719	42%	6491	42%	478	42%	750	43%
	12–<18	3864	21%	3548	23%	138	12%	178	10%
Sex
	Female	7722	42%	6465	42%	495	43%	762	44%	0.38
	Male	10 521	58%	8887	58%	652	57%	982	56%
Race and ethnicity
	Hispanic	1565	9%	349	2%	281	24%	935	54%	<0.001
	Black, non-Hispanic	11 767	65%	10 436	68%	715	62%	616	35%
	White, non-Hispanic	3141	17%	3042	20%	38	3%	61	3%
	Asian, non-Hispanic	213	1%	74	0.5%	59	5%	80	5%
	Other	1469	8%	1377	9%	46	4%	46	3%
	Missing	88	0.5%	74	0.5%	8	0.7%	6	0.3%
Insurer
	Medicaid	15 114	83%	12 666	83%	961	84%	1487	85%	<0.001
	Private/Military	1327	7%	1229	8%	56	5%	42	2%
	Self-Pay	1695	9%	1363	9%	124	11%	208	12%
	Other	37	0.2%	31	0.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.2%
	Missing	70	0.4%	63	0.4%	3	0.3%	4	0.2%
Tobacco exposure
	Never	5271	29%	3984	26%	504	44%	783	45%	<0.001
	Ever	3735	20%	3607	23%	49	4%	79	5%
	Missing	9237	51%	7761	51%	594	52%	882	51%
		Total		English-only		Bilingual		Limited English proficiency
Community-level		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	p value
Median household income of residential ZIP code
	$10 362–$33 473		4718	26%	4305	28%	180	16%	233 13%	<0.001
	$33 474–$38 004		5278	29%	4323	28%	403	35%	552 32%
	$38 005–$43 810		4033	22%	3375	22%	170	15%	488 28%
	$43 811–$120 770		4056	22%	3210	21%	385	34%	461 26%
	Missing		158	0.9%	139	0.9%	9	0.8%	10 0.6%
Percent of adults over 25 years with at least a bachelor’s deg ree by residential ZIP code
	0–9.4%		4794	26%	4243	28%	212	18%	339 19%	<0.001
	9.5%–18.0%		4546	25%	3847	25%	283	25%	416 24%
	18.1%–27.0%		4792	26%	3848	25%	317	28%	627 36%
	≥27.1%		3956	22%	3277	21%	326	28%	353 20%
	Missing		155	0.8%	137	0.9%	9	0.8%	9 0.5%
Unemployment of adults over 16 years
	0–5.9%		5421	30%	4351	28%	456	40%	614 35%	<0.001
	6.0%–9.3%		4028	22%	2978	19%	357	31%	693 40%
	9.4%–2.0%		4316	24%	3966	26%	146	13%	204 12%
	≥12.1%		4323	24%	3920	26%	179	16%	224 13%
	Missing		155	0.8%	137	0.9%	9	0.8%	9 0.5%