TABLE 1.
Characteristics | ED, n = 316 |
---|---|
Male | 170 (53.8%) |
Mother's ethnicity | |
Hispanic or Latino | 165 (52.2%) |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 151 (47.8%) |
Mother's race | |
Asian | 5 (1.6%) |
Black or African-American | 5 (1.6%) |
More than 1 race | 14 (4.4%) |
All other races* | 155 (49.1%) |
White or Caucasian | 81 (25.6%) |
Unknown, declined | 56 (17.7%) |
Mother's age: | |
Mean | 30 ± 5 |
Mother's education: | |
<11th Grade | 77 (24.4%) |
High school graduated/GED/Associates degree | 64 (20.3%) |
Some college or higher level of education | 175 (55.4%) |
Insurance status: | |
Medicaid/FAMIS | 170 (53.8%) |
Private† | 146 (46.2%) |
Data not available/not insured | 0 (0%) |
ESI level: | |
Level 1–3—urgent‡ | 156 (49.4%) |
Level 4–5—nonurgent | 160 (50.6%) |
*All other races include “do not know/not sure,” “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander,” “American Indian or Alaska Native.”
†Includes Private, Kaiser, Military, Exchange.
‡There were no ESI level 1 visits.
GED, general educational development; FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security.