Table 1.

Demographics for hospitalizations with a diagnosis of SLE.

n = 26,903 for All Yearsn (%)
Patient-specific factors
  Age, yrs
    2–122337 (8.7)
    12–1712,379 (46.0)
    18–2012,187 (45.3)
  Female*22,814 (84.8)
  Race/ethnicity*
    White5140 (19.1)
    Black8853 (32.9)
    Hispanic5902 (21.9)
    Other2733 (10.2)
  Primary payer*
    Medicaid12,268 (45.6)
    Private10,411 (38.7)
    Other4171 (15.5)
  SLE nephritis
    No11,705 (43.5)
    Yes15,198 (56.5)
Hospital-specific factors
  Location*
    Urban24,858 (92.4)
    Rural1025 (3.8)
  Region
    Northeast5165 (19.2)
    Midwest4246 (15.8)
    South10,478 (38.9)
    West7014 (26.1)
Teaching status*
  Teaching20,608 (76.6)
  Non-teaching5281 (19.6)
Type*
  Children’s Hospital14,958 (55.6)
  General Hospital9990 (37.1)

  • ↵* The percentages for these categories do not add up to 100% because of missing demographic data, as follows: sex 0.3%, race/ethnicity 15.9%, primary payer 0.2%, location 3.8%, teaching status 3.8%, hospital type 7.3%. SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.