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Table 2 Individual characteristics of emergency department (ED visits) for asthma 1999–2015 among children in South Carolina by whether records had missing or complete census tract identifiers

From: A geographic identifier assignment algorithm with Bayesian variable selection to identify neighborhood factors associated with emergency department visit disparities for asthma

 

Census tract identifier

 

Missing (%)

Complete (%)

p

n

21,268

96,570

 

Race

 White

4725 (22.2)

27,468 (28.4)

< 0.001

 African American

15,721 (73.9)

64,561 (66.9)

 

 Hispanic

361 (1.7)

2037 (2.1)

 

 American Indian

56 (0.3)

225 (0.2)

 

 Asian

30 (0.1)

218 (0.2)

 

 Other

375 (1.8)

2061 (2.1)

 

Age (median [IQR])

10.00 [7.00, 14.00]

10.00 [7.00, 14.00]

0.001

Sex

 Female

9024 (42.4)

40,495 (41.9)

0.187

 Male

12,244 (57.6)

56,075 (58.1)

 

Payor

 Governmental

13,636 (64.1)

59,422 (61.5)

< 0.001

 Private insurance

4976 (23.4)

25,577 (26.5)

 

 Self-pay

2551 (12.0)

11,129 (11.5)

 

 Other

105 (0.5)

442 (0.5)

 

Urbanicity

 Urban

12,679 (59.6)

68,323 (70.7)

< 0.001

 Rural

8589 (40.4)

28,247 (29.3)

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