TABLE 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Children According to Country/Region of Origin

Country/Region	Total Children Studied		Female Gender		Age at Adoption, mo		Aged Older Than 1 y		Institutionalized		Malnourished
	n	%	n	%	Median	Range	n	%	n	%	n	%
Europe	431	41	189	44	20 a	6–201	337	78 a	420	97 a	132	31 a
Russia	346	33	156	45	17	6–201	256	74	339	98	108	31
Ukraine	31	3	9	29	37	15–172	31	100	31	100	14	45
Bulgaria	24	2	12	50	30	21–164	24	100	23	96	6	25
Romania	22	2	7	32	37	11–75	19	86	19	86	0	0
Other Eastern European countries b	8	1	5	63	19	9–40	7	88	8	100	4	50
Asia	410	39	304	74 a	13 a	3–173	229	56 a	306	75 a	88	21 c
China	234	22	218	93	13	6–167	151	65	205	88	55	24
South Korea	60	6	22	37	8	4–28	14	23	3	5	1	2
Kazakhstan	57	5	28	49	12	7–173	29	51	55	96	11	19
India	21	2	14	67	16	5–89	14	67	19	90	13	62
Vietnam	21	2	14	67	13	3–83	12	57	15	71	2	10
Other Asian and Pacific Rim countries d	17	2	8	47	12	3–90	9	53	9	53	6	35
Latin America e	180	17	86	48	8	4–190	49	27	44	24	23	13
Guatemala	172	16	81	47	8	4–136	43	25	39	23	20	12
Other Latin American and Caribbean countries f	8	1	5	63	40	4–190	6	75	5	63	3	38
Africa	21	2	15	71 c	61 a	6–188	18	86 a	18	86 a	2	10
Ethiopia	11	1	8	73	58	9–180	10	91	11	100	2	18
Other African countries g	10	1	7	70	83	6–188	8	80	7	70	0	0
Total	1042	100	594	57	14	3–201	633	61	788	76	245	24

^aDifferences among regions, P < .0001.

^bIncludes Albania, Belarus, Moldova, and Slovakia.

^cDifferences among regions, ^c P < .05.

^dIncludes Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Japan, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Georgia, Taiwan, and Thailand.

^eReference region.

^fIncludes Bolivia, Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, and Peru.

^gIncludes Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia.