Table 2.
Demographic composition of UTI episodes, all ED visits, and the general population in 2016-2019, excluding metropolitan and offshore ZIP codes. Percentages were calculated excluding missing observations for specific variables except when calculating percent missing, for which all observations were included in the denominator.
| Characteristic | UTI episodes | Total ED visits | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Female | 81.7% | 56.7% | 51.3% |
| Male | 18.3% | 43.3% | 48.7% |
| Missing | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 0 - 4 | 2.1% | 6.6% | 6% |
| 5 - 17 | 5.7% | 10% | 16.7% |
| 18 - 34 | 25.6% | 25.3% | 22.8% |
| 35 - 64 | 29.9% | 37.3% | 39.2% |
| 65+ | 36.6% | 20.8% | 15.3% |
| Missing | 0% | 0% | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| American Indian | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Asian | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Black | 24.4% | 26.5% | 21.1% |
| White | 66.6% | 63.6% | 63.5% |
| Hispanic | 4.6% | 5.4% | 9.2% |
| Other race | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Missing | 4.3% | 4.5% | |
| Health insurance | |||
| Private | 20.3% | 25% | 66.6% |
| Public | 63.2% | 54.5% | 21.6% |
| Uninsured | 16.5% | 20.5% | 11.8% |
| Other paymenta | 2.2% | 3.4% | |
| Missing | 6.3% | 6.9% |
a
ED visits with no charge or payment through workers compensation or other insurance; these categories have no corollary in the ACS population estimates and were, therefore, excluded from health insurance EMM analyses.