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. 2020 Dec 9;12(12):e11994. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11994

Table 5. Demographic Information for the victim of medical error including race, gender and age.

aPatient could not be seen enough to determine the race, gender or approximate age (e.g., covered by drapes and then not discussed outside of that event).

*Denotes the most common victim race, gender and age for each series, as well as overall.

    Race Gender Age (Years) Average Age
Series Errors White Black Asian Hispanic N/Aa Male Female N/Aa 0-15 16-44 45-64 >65 N/Aa
The Resident 41 31 2 0 3 5 24 13 4 1 21 15 0 4 36.6
(75.6%)* (4.9%) (0.0%) (7.3%) (12.2%) (58.5%)* (31.7%) (9.8%) (2.4%) (51.2%)* (36.6%) (0.0%) (9.8%)
The Good Doctor 23 22 1 0 0 0 14 9 0 7 12 4 0 0 26.3
(95.7%)* (4.3%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (60.9%)* (39.1%) (0.0%) (30.4%) (52.2%)* (17.4%) (0.0%) (0.0%)
Code Black 50 24 23 0 3 0 20 29 1 4 27 17 1 1 38.4
(48.0%)* (48.0%) (0.0%) (6.0%) (0.0%) (40.0%) (58.0%)* (2.0%) (8.0%) (54.0%)* (34.0%) (2.0%) (2.0%)
Chicago Med 31 20 11 0 0 0 13 18 0 3 19 5 4 0 39.4
(64.5%)* (35.5%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (41.9%) (58.1%)* (0.0%) (9.7%) (61.3%)* (16.1%) (12.9%) (0.0%)
Grey’s Anatomy 30 25 2 0 0 3 15 13 2 10 7 5 4 4 30.3
(83.3%)* (6.7%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (10.0%) (50.0%)* (43.3%) (6.7%) (33.3%)* (23.3%) (16.7%) (13.3%) (13.3%)
House 41 37 0 4 0 0 31 10 0 0 33 8 0 0 29.3
(90.2%)* (0.0%) (9.8%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (75.6%)* (24.4%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (80.5%)* (19.5%) (0.0%) (0.0%)
Scrubs 15 12 0 0 0 3 9 6 0 0 4 8 0 3 46.7
(80.0%)* (0.0%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (20.0%) (60.0%)* (40.0%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (26.7%) (53.3%)* (0.0%) (20.0%)
ER 11 7 2 0 0 2 7 4 0 2 0 4 3 2 53.8
(63.6%)* (18.2%) (0.0%) (0.0%) (18.2%) (63.6%)* (36.4%) (0.0%) (18.2%) (0.0%) (36.4%)* (27.3%) (18.2%)
Overall 242 178 41 4 6 13 133 102 7 27 123 66 12 14 37.6
(73.6%)* (16.9%) (1.7%) (2.5%) (5.4%) (55.0%)* (42.1%) (2.9%) (11.2%) (50.8%)* (27.3%) (5.0%) (5.8%)