Table 1

Patient characteristics overall and in children with asthma (N=23 773)

(N%)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white6581 (27.7)
Latinx11 067 (46.5)
Non-Hispanic black6125 (25.8)
Age at first visit
3–5 years9201 (38.7)
6–11 years9319 (39.2)
12–17 years5253 (22.1)
Sex
Female10 578 (44.5)
Male13 195 (55.5)
Insurance type
Never insured429 (1.8)
Some public insurance20 087 (84.5)
Some private insurance1829 (7.7)
Some public and private1428 (6.0)
Average visits per year
Less than 12626 (11.1)
1–210 799 (45.4)
3–45627 (23.7)
5 or more4721 (19.9)
BMI category
Never overweight/obese8772 (36.9)
Sometimes overweight/obese6958 (29.3)
Always overweight/obese8043 (33.8)
Per cent of US federal poverty level
Always ≥1381498 (6.3)
Above and below 1382628 (11.1)
Always <13814 764 (62.1)
Never documented4883 (20.5)
Influenza immunisation
Annual rate (95% CI)0.72 (0.71 to 0.73)
Pneumococcal vaccine (ever)
No15 716 (74.9)
Yes5268 (25.1)
Social deprivation mobility group
Always low8607 (36.2)
Always high11 937 (50.2)
High to low1466 (6.2)
Low to high1117 (4.7)
Varied646 (2.7)
No of residential moves
015 597 (65.6)
1–27436 (31.3)
3 or more740 (3.1)
  • BMI, body mass index.