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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2018 Mar 15;18(5):569–576. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.02.008

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Study Cohort

Sex, N (%)
 Male 356,875 (52.3%)
 Female 324,864 (47.7%)
Race, N (%)
 White 363,759 (53.4%)
 Black, African American 170,007 (24.9%)
 Asian 28,356 (4.2%)
 Multiple race 14,184 (2.1%)
 Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander 2,930 (0.4%)
 American Indian, Alaska Native 2,862 (0.4%)
 Other 39,885 (5.9%)
 Refuse/Unknown/No info 59,684 (8.8%)
Hispanic, N (%)
 Yes 119,059 (17.5%)
 No 445,878 (65.4%)
 Other 2,125 (0.3%)
 Refuse/Unknown/No Info 114,660 (16.8%)
Birth-related Diagnoses, N (%)
 Prematurity 52,752 (7.7%)
 Heavy for gestational age newborn 9,907 (1.5%)
 Low birth weight 5,828 (0.9%)
 Macrosomia 425 (0.06%)
Chronic Conditions/Categories, N (%)
 Asthma 94,399 (13.8%)
 Cardiovascular 46,862 (6.9%)
 Other congenital defect 42,094 (6.2%)
 Respiratory 21,455 (3.1%)
 Metabolic 17,005 (2.5%)
 Neuromuscular 16,906 (2.5%)
 Renal 16,397 (2.4%)
 Hematological/Immunological 14,547 (2.1%)
 Endocrine 6,602 (1.0%)
 Malignant Neoplasms 6,593 (1.0%)
 Gastrointestinal 6,015 (0.9%)