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Table 1 Patient level and neighborhood characteristics

From: Geographic surveillance of community associated MRSA infections in children using electronic health record data

Variable

Overall (n = 10,642)

MRSA (n = 5379)

MSSA (n = 5263)

p-value

Patient Level Characteristics

 Hospital

   

< 0.001

 Egleston

4537 (42.6)

2331 (43.3)

2206 (41.9)

 

 Scottish Rite

6105 (57.4)

3048 (56.7)

3057 (58.1)

 

Race, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Black

3553 (33.4)

2224 (41.3)

1329 (25.3)

 

 Hispanic

427 (4.0)

212 (3.9)

215 (4.1)

 

 Other

857 (8.1)

377 (7.0)

480 (9.1)

 

 Unknown

156 (1.5)

65 (1.2)

91 (1.7)

 

 White

5649 (53.1)

2501 (46.5)

3148 (59.8)

 

Gender, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 F

5102 (47.9)

2731 (50.8)

2371 (45.1)

 

 M

5540 (52.1)

2648 (49.2)

2892 (54.9)

 

Age group, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 0–3 yrs

4820 (45.3)

2888 (53.7)

1932 (36.7)

 

 4–12 yrs

3350 (31.5)

1399 (26.0)

1951 (37.1)

 

 > 12 yrs

2472 (23.2)

1092 (20.3)

1380 (26.2)

 

Age, Mean (SD)

6.69 (5.65)

5.95 (5.55)

7.44 (5.66)

< 0.001

Insurance, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Multiple Types

20 (0.2)

10 (0.2)

10 (0.2)

 

 Private

4876 (45.8)

2101 (39.1)

2775 (52.7)

 

 Public

5282 (49.6)

3002 (55.8)

2280 (43.3)

 

 Self Pay

462 (4.3)

266 (4.9)

196 (3.7)

 

Neighborhood Level Characteristics

Household crowding, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 ≤ 1 person/room

5434 (51.1)

2639 (49.1)

2795 (53.1)

 

 > 1 person/room

5208 (48.9)

2740 (50.9)

2468 (46.9)

 

Black population, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 < 40.46%

7322 (68.8)

3361 (62.5)

3961 (75.3)

 

 ≥ 40.46%

3320 (31.2)

2018 (37.5)

1302 (24.7)

 

%Below poverty, Mean (SD)

17.1 (14.5)

18.3 (15.1)

15.9 (13.8)

< 0.001