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. 2021 Feb 20;73(12):2193–2204. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab154

Table 2.

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2–infected Patients by Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic, No. (%) Black, No. (%) Asian, No. (%) NH/PI, No. (%) AI/AN, No. (%) White, No. (%) Other, No. (%) Unknown, No. (%)
Sociodemographics
Total no. of patients 16 836 2066 2456 468 434 24 468 2353 5564
 Hospitalized 2898 (17.2) 368 (17.8) 533 (21.7) 98 (20.9) 77 (17.7) 3751 (15.3) 485 (20.6) 326 (5.9)
Age, y 44.7 ± 17.3 46.4 ± 18.5 51.7 ± 19.4 45.6 ± 16.5 44.8 ± 17.9 51.1 ± 20.3 49.7 ± 19.1 41.8 ± 17.4
Sex
 Female 9064 (53.8) 1080 (52.3) 1347 (54.8) 262 (56.0) 252 (58.1) 12 842 (52.5) 1181 (50.2) 2737 (49.2)
 Male 7772 (46.2) 986 (47.7) 1109 (45.2) 206 (44.0) 182 (41.9) 11 626 (47.5) 1172 (49.8) 2827 (50.8)
Insurance
 Commercial 5878/16 192 (36.3) 688/2015 (34.1) 1226/2401 (51.1) 195/457 (42.7) 113/424 (26.7) 11 513/24 077 (47.8) 904/2271 (39.8) 3100/4927 (62.9)
 Medicaid 8751/16 192 (54.0%) 1119/2015 (55.5%) 861/2401 (35.9%) 204/457 (44.6%) 260/424 (61.3%) 7464/24 077 (31.0%) 1108/2271 (48.8%) 1170/4927 (23.7%)
 Medicare 863/16 192 (5.3) 168/2015 (8.3) 290/2401 (12.1) 41/457 (9.0) 51/424 (12.0) 4964/24 077 (20.6) 214/2271 (9.4) 398/4927 (8.1)
 Uninsured/self-pay 693/16 192 (4.3) 40/2015 (2.0) 23/2401 (1.0) 17/457 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 135/24 077 (0.6) 44/2271 (1.9) 259/4927 (5.3)
 Other insurance 7/16 192 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1/2401 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1/24 077 (0.0) 1/2271 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Neighborhood-level
 Median income 63 454 ± 17 110 65 525 ± 19 805 74 491 ± 23 569 65 528 ± 20 276 68 286 ± 18 073 70 511 ± 22 886 71 427 ± 23 518 72 630 ± 23 845
 % Crowded housing 10.3 ± 7.8 6.9 ± 6.0 5.7 ± 4.8 5.2 ± 4.8 3.6 ± 2.7 3.7 ± 3.7 6.2 ± 5.4 6.5 ± 6.7
 % Minority 59.0 ± 27.2 53.0 ± 26.7 45.8 ± 21.0 39.0 ± 22.0 29.5 ± 15.9 29.2 ± 18.3 44.7 ± 22.5 44.7 ± 26.1
 % Limited English 19.2 ± 11.0 14.5 ± 9.3 14.0 ± 8.7 11.1 ± 8.4 6.2 ± 5.2 8.0 ± 7.7 14.4 ± 9.8 12.9 ± 10.5
Comorbidities
Hypertension 2726 (16.2) 585 (28.3) 620 (25.2) 117 (25.0) 113 (26.0) 5718 (23.4) 464 (19.7) 504 (9.1)
Diabetes 2025 (12.0%) 338 (16.4%) 387 (15.8%) 105 (22.4%) 63 (14.5%) 2496 (10.2%) 267 (11.3%) 265 (4.8%)
BMI
 Underweight 147/15 062 (1.0) 40/1832 (2.2) 88/2162 (4.1) 6/423 (1.4) 6/391 (1.5) 401/21621 (1.9) 37/2088 (1.8) 56/3605 (1.6)
 Normal 2519/15 062 (16.7) 416/1832 (22.7) 976/2162 (45.1) 81/423 (19.1) 70/391 (17.%) 5713/21 621 (26.4) 527/2088 (25.2) 975/3605 (27.0)
 Overweight 5132/15 062 (34.1) 557/1832 (30.4) 722/2162 (33.4) 112/423 (26.5) 98/391 (25.1) 6780/21 621 (31.4) 706/2088 (33.8) 1256/3605 (34.8)
 Class 1 obesity 4002/15 062 (26.6) 401/1832 (21.9) 263/2162 (12.2) 97/423 (22.9) 97/391 (24.8) 4462/21 621 (20.6) 470/2088 (22.5) 707/3605 (19.6)
 Class 2 obesity 1887/15 062 (12.5) 215/1832 (11.7) 70/2162 (3.2) 58/423 (13.7) 56/391 (14.3) 2346/21 621 (10.9) 209/2088 (10.0) 373/3605 (10.3)
 Class 3 obesity 1375/15 062 (9.1) 203/1832 (11.1) 43/2162 (2.0) 69/423 (16.3) 64/391 (16.4) 1919/21 621 (8.9) 139/2088 (6.7) 238/3605 (6.6)
Chronic respiratory disease
 Asthma 731 (4.3%) 164 (7.9%) 135 (5.5%) 30 (6.4%) 63 (14.5%) 1506 (6.2%) 104 (4.4%) 161 (2.9%)
 COPD 133 (0.8%) 71 (3.4%) 40 (1.6%) 7 (1.5%) 28 (6.5%) 1056 (4.3%) 52 (2.2%) 37 (0.7%)
Cardiovascular disease
 Coronary artery disease 281 (1.7) 54 (2.6) 97 (3.9) 26 (5.6) 17 (3.9) 1346 (5.5) 86 (3.7) 69 (1.2)
 Myocardial infarction 170 (1.0) 46 (2.2) 52 (2.1) 14 (3.0) 9 (2.1) 495 (2.0) 45 (1.%) 41 (0.7)
 Congestive heart failure 374 (2.2) 111 (5.4) 90 (3.7) 22 (4.7) 25 (5.8) 1328 (5.4) 102 (4.3) 76 (1.4)
Kidney disease 755 (4.5) 170 (8.2) 159 (6.5) 46 (9.8) 29 (6.7) 1530 (6.3) 117 (5.0) 91 (1.6)
Liver disease 474 (2.8) 45 (2.2) 93 (3.8) 13 (2.8) 27 (6.2) 592 (2.4) 50 (2.1) 59 (1.1)
Cancer 323 (1.9) 60 (2.9) 77 (3.1) 7 (1.5) 16 (3.7) 1069 (4.4) 44 (1.9) 67 (1.2)
Charlson Comorbidity Index (range) 0.0 (0.0–2.0) 1.0 (0.0–3.0) 1.0 (0.0–3.0) 0.0 (0.0–2.0) 1.0 (0.0–3.0) 1.0 (0.0–3.0) 1.0 (0.0–3.0) 0.0 (0.0–1.0)
Location of testing
Emergency 5114 (30.4) 652 (31.6) 422 (17.2) 117 (25.0) 70 (16.1) 3367 (13.8) 663 (28.2) 371 (6.7)
Inpatient 2854 (17.0) 385 (18.6) 538 (21.9) 98 (20.9) 73 (16.8) 3994 (16.3) 503 (21.4) 343 (6.2)
Urgent care 4142 (24.6) 390 (18.9) 628 (25.6) 106 (22.6) 70 (16.1) 8029 (32.8) 538 (22.9) 1322 (23.8)
Other outpatient 4165 (24.7) 564 (27.3) 792 (32.2) 124 (26.5) 204 (47.0) 7723 (31.6) 566 (24.1) 3167 (56.9)
Other service area 561 (3.3) 74 (3.6) 75 (3.1) 23 (4.9) 17 (3.9) 1355 (5.5) 83 (3.5) 361 (6.5)

Abbreviations: AI/AN, American Indian/Alaska Native; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NH/PI, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.