n = 26,903 for All Years | n (%) |
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Patient-specific factors | |
Age, yrs | |
2–12 | 2337 (8.7) |
12–17 | 12,379 (46.0) |
18–20 | 12,187 (45.3) |
Female* | 22,814 (84.8) |
Race/ethnicity* | |
White | 5140 (19.1) |
Black | 8853 (32.9) |
Hispanic | 5902 (21.9) |
Other | 2733 (10.2) |
Primary payer* | |
Medicaid | 12,268 (45.6) |
Private | 10,411 (38.7) |
Other | 4171 (15.5) |
SLE nephritis | |
No | 11,705 (43.5) |
Yes | 15,198 (56.5) |
Hospital-specific factors | |
Location* | |
Urban | 24,858 (92.4) |
Rural | 1025 (3.8) |
Region | |
Northeast | 5165 (19.2) |
Midwest | 4246 (15.8) |
South | 10,478 (38.9) |
West | 7014 (26.1) |
Teaching status* | |
Teaching | 20,608 (76.6) |
Non-teaching | 5281 (19.6) |
Type* | |
Children’s Hospital | 14,958 (55.6) |
General Hospital | 9990 (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.