Patient characteristics overall and in children with asthma (N=23 773)
(N%) | |
Race/ethnicity | |
Non-Hispanic white | 6581 (27.7) |
Latinx | 11 067 (46.5) |
Non-Hispanic black | 6125 (25.8) |
Age at first visit | |
3–5 years | 9201 (38.7) |
6–11 years | 9319 (39.2) |
12–17 years | 5253 (22.1) |
Sex | |
Female | 10 578 (44.5) |
Male | 13 195 (55.5) |
Insurance type | |
Never insured | 429 (1.8) |
Some public insurance | 20 087 (84.5) |
Some private insurance | 1829 (7.7) |
Some public and private | 1428 (6.0) |
Average visits per year | |
Less than 1 | 2626 (11.1) |
1–2 | 10 799 (45.4) |
3–4 | 5627 (23.7) |
5 or more | 4721 (19.9) |
BMI category | |
Never overweight/obese | 8772 (36.9) |
Sometimes overweight/obese | 6958 (29.3) |
Always overweight/obese | 8043 (33.8) |
Per cent of US federal poverty level | |
Always ≥138 | 1498 (6.3) |
Above and below 138 | 2628 (11.1) |
Always <138 | 14 764 (62.1) |
Never documented | 4883 (20.5) |
Influenza immunisation | |
Annual rate (95% CI) | 0.72 (0.71 to 0.73) |
Pneumococcal vaccine (ever) | |
No | 15 716 (74.9) |
Yes | 5268 (25.1) |
Social deprivation mobility group | |
Always low | 8607 (36.2) |
Always high | 11 937 (50.2) |
High to low | 1466 (6.2) |
Low to high | 1117 (4.7) |
Varied | 646 (2.7) |
No of residential moves | |
0 | 15 597 (65.6) |
1–2 | 7436 (31.3) |
3 or more | 740 (3.1) |
BMI, body mass index.