Table 1.

Demographic summary of inpatient pediatric CDI encounters from 2013–2019 at 42 children’s hospitals in the United States.

Age
Median (IQR)	7 (2–13)
Ages 0 – 1	3,948 (17.1%)
Ages 2 – 5	6,438 (27.9%)
Ages 6 – 17	12,666 (55%)
Gender
Female	10,623 (46.1%)
Male	12,429 (53.9%)
Race
African American	2,650 (11.5%)
American Indian and Alaskan Native	137 (0.6%)
Asian and Pacific Islander	680 (2.9%)
Other	3,291 (14.3%)
Two or more races	1,393 (5.6%)
White	14,901 (64.6%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	5,155 (22.4%)
Median Days of Hospitalization Before Testing (IQR)	1 (0–6)
Median Length of Stay (IQR)	7 (3–18)
All-cause Mortality	429 (1.9%)
Gastrointestinal perforation	91 (0.4%)
Colectomy	74 (0.3%)
Colectomy in patients with IBD (percentage of total colectomies)	55 (74.3%)
Toxic Megacolon	29 (0.1%)