Table 1.
Racial and ethnic demographics among children with and without MMR-associated fever
Children without MMR-Associated Fevera N = 66 (%) |
Children with MMR-Associated Feverb N = 13 (%) | |
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Race | ||
White – Caucasian/European Heritage | 32 (48.5) | 6 (46.2) |
African Heritage/African American | 7 (10.6) | 0 |
Asian | 14 (21.2) | 4 (30.8) |
American Indian or Alaskan Native | 3 (4.5) | 2 (15.4) |
Multiple Races | 10 (15.2) | 1 (7.7) |
Ethnicity | ||
Non-Hispanic | 58 (87.8) | 10 (76.9) |
Hispanic | 8 (12.2) | 3 (23.1) |
aDoes not include 7 subjects for whom fever data was missing (3 White, 2 Asian and 2 African Heritage).
b14.5% had fever after a single dose of an investigational MMR and 16.1% after the US-licensed MMR vaccine.