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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 May 23;23(8):606–617. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002986

Table 3.

Child Opportunity Index Raw Score Indicators by Domains for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation by Hot Spot Residence

Patients Residing in a Hot Spota
No
n = 3174
Yes
n = 340
Characteristic Median Q1, Q3 Median Q1, Q3
Education
Early Childhood Education Centersb 3.66 2.79, 4.41 4.56**** 3.76, 4.95
High Quality Early Childhood Education Centersb 0.16 −2.51, 1.38 1.56**** 0.00, 2.30
Early Childhood Education Enrollmentc 49.90 33.90, 67.10 44.30**** 24.40, 61.40
Third Grade Reading Proficiencyd 195.25 137.45, 246.67 114.59**** 82.70, 166.10
Third Grade Math Proficiencyd 211.98 148.72, 267.07 121.83**** 97.71, 201.15
High School Graduation Rate 78.65 68.98, 85.36 73.87**** 67.02, 81.24
Advanced Placement Course Enrollmentd 0.50 0.37, 0.65 0.39**** 0.31, 0.51
College Enrollment in Nearby Institutions 39.16 36.12, 41.62 40.23**** 36.93, 42.98
School Povertyd 70.91 51.88, 89.42 94.19**** 77.20, 99.22
Teacher Experienced 9.38 5.31, 16.06 15.22**** 8.05, 20.97
Adult Educational Attainment 24.73 16.29, 35.65 19.80**** 12.83, 25.60
Health and Environment
Access to healthy food 3.44 1.44, 6.05 7.37**** 3.38, 15.76
Access to green space 14.60 5.20, 23.20 19.70**** 14.10, 28.30
Walkability 7.04 5.62, 8.59 9.31**** 6.24, 11.73
Housing vacancy rate 8.33 5.43, 12.28 14.00**** 8.54, 19.05
Hazardous waste dump sites −13.82 −13.82, −13.82 −13.82 −13.82, −13.82
Industrial pollutants in air, water, or soil 8.88 7.48, 9.55 9.56**** 9.22, 9.97
Airborne microparticles, PM2.5 11.10 10.79, 11.33 11.45**** 11.22, 11.54
Ozone Concentrations 38.41 38.18, 38.71 38.11**** 37.93, 38.36
Extreme Heat Exposure, summer days 59.00 53.00, 63.67 59.67**** 58.00, 61.33
Health Insurance Coverage 83.49 77.66, 88.50 78.84**** 74.40, 85.18
Social and Economic
Employment rate 77.00 71.64, 81.06 72.50**** 64.85, 76.77
Commute duration > 1h one-way 32.54 24.00, 40.65 23.59**** 17.46, 31.02
Poverty rate 15.47 9.12, 23.66 22.67**** 14.20, 34.15
Public assistance rate 14.68 7.73, 22.84 22.23**** 12.96, 34.91
Homeownership rate 66.51 45.70, 80.27 47.47**** 34.67, 66.55
High-skill employment 11.96 7.27, 16.36 13.49** 9.08, 16.95
Median household income 52,705 40,685; 69,737 37,311**** 30,497; 50,142
Single-headed households 36.89 24.24, 52.95 58.67**** 37.43, 76.34
Overall Percentile Ranking Summary by Domain e
Domain 1: Education 49 23, 72 16**** 6, 31
Domain 2: Health and Environment 49 24, 72 16**** 4.75, 41.25
Domain 3: Social and Economic 49 24, 71 16**** 6, 43
Overall Percentile Ranking (scale: 1 – 100) 48 24, 72 14**** 4, 42
a

Hotspot is a census tract ranked at or above the 90th percentile for the highest number of children admitted to intensive care with acute respiratory failure per 1000 children living in the census tract

b

Missing n = 1 sex for the Patients Residing in a Hot Spot: No

c

Hospital Admission Rate is the number of children admitted to intensive care for acute respiratory failure living in a census tract per 1000 children living in the census tract; this is how hotspots were defined.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.0001 Chi-squared test