Table 3.

Participant Characteristics

	All (n=947)	Acute Rheumatic Fever (n=684)	Rheumatic Heart Disease (n=258)	P value
Sex				0.048
Male	487 (51.4%)	365 (53.4%)	119 (46.1%)
Female	460 (48.6%)	319 (46.6%)	139 (53.9%)

	N=904	N=661	N=239
Age at diagnosis, y, median (interquartile range)	9 (7–12)	9 (7–12)	10 (7–13)	0.001
Race				<0.001
American Indian or Alaska Native	39 (4.1%)	22 (3.2%)	17 (6.6%)
Asian	43 (4.5%)	26 (3.8%)	17 (6.6%)
Black	172 (18.1%)	98 (14.3%)	73 (28.3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	65 (6.9%)	39 (5.7%)	26 (10.1%)
White	420 (44.4%)	354 (51.8%)	63 (24.4%)
Other	143 (15.1%)	101 (14.8%)	41 (15.9%)
Unknown	65 (6.9%)	44 (6.4%)	21 (8.1%)
Ethnicity				0.83
Hispanic or Latino	161 (17.0%)	115 (16.8%)	46 (17.8%)
Non‐Hispanic or Latino	700 (74.0%)	503 (73.5%)	193 (74.8%)
Unknown	85 (9.0%)	66 (9.6%)	19 (7.4%)
Primary language				<0.001
English	792 (83.6%)	595 (87.0%)	193 (74.8%)
Spanish	82 (8.7%)	54 (7.9%)	28 (10.9%)
Other	62 (6.5%)	26 (3.8%)	35 (13.6%)
Unknown	11 (1.2%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.8%)
Has health insurance	846 (89.3%)	612 (89.5%)	229 (88.8%)	0.22

	N=846	N=612	N=229
Type of health insurance				0.004
Private	344 (40.7%)	267 (43.6%)	75 (29.1%)
Medicaid or Medicare	450 (53.2%)	304 (49.7%)	144 (55.8%)
Both	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0%)
Unknown	49 (5.8%)	40 (6.5%)	10 (3.9%)
Diagnosed in the United States				<0.001
Yes	780 (82.4%)	599 (87.6%)	177 (68.6%)
No	119 (12.6%)	52 (7.6%)	66 (25.6%)
Unknown	48 (5.1%)	33 (4.8%)	15 (5.8%)

	N=747	N=543	N=256
Parent primary language English	609 (81.5%)	462 (85.1%)	193 (74.8%)	<0.001
Prior travel to endemic region	124 (13.0%)	53 (7.7%)	70 (27.1%)	0.02

n (%) unless otherwise indicated.