Table 1 Characteristics of newborns with lumbar punctures being performed versus all other newborns in the United States, 2009
Newborn Characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
Term newborns with LP 13,694 | All other term newborns 3,684,437 | |
National Estimated Total | Percent (95% CI) | Percent (95% CI) |
Gender | ||
Female | 43.1 (42.0–44.2) | 48.6 (48.5–48.8) |
Payer type | ||
Medicaid | 51.9 (49.4–54.4) | 45.1 (43.8–46.4) |
Private | 41.3 (38.6–44.1) | 47.8 (46.4–49.1) |
Uninsured | 3.9 (3.1–4.8) | 4.4 (4.0–4.8) |
Other | 3.0 (2.3–3.9) | 2.8 (2.5–3.0) |
Income Quartile | ||
First (<40 k, US$) | 30.9 (27.7–34.2) | 27.8 (26.5–29.0) |
Second (40–49 k, US$) | 24.2 (22.0–26.5) | 26.2 (25.4–27.1) |
Third (50–65 k, US$) | 24.0 (22.4–25.7) | 24.9 (24.1–25.7) |
Fourth (>66 k, US$) | 21.0 (17.2–25.4) | 21.1 (19.9–22.5) |
Hospital type | ||
Urban | 94.8 (93.6–95.7) | 87.3 (86.6–87.9) |
Teaching | 60.8 (56.0–65.4) | 43.1 (41.3–44.9) |
Children’s | 23.0 (17.0–30.3) | 11.2 (9.2–13.6) |
Hospital Region | ||
South | 38.5 (33.9–49.4) | 38.4 (36.7–40.1) |
Northeast | 21.2 (17.8–25.1) | 15.9 (14.8–17.0) |
West | 20.9 (16.0–26.8) | 24.2 (22.9–25.4) |
Midwest | 19.4 (16.2–23.0) | 21.6 (20.5–22.7) |
Diagnosis | ||
Any respiratory diagnosis | 50.8 (49.0–52.5) | 5.9 (5.8–6.1) |
Any infection | 49.2 (46.4–51.9) | 1.3 (1.2–1.4) |
Temperature instability | 14.0 (12.7–15.3) | 3.3 (3.1–3.5) |
Meningitis | 2.7 (2.2–3.3) | 0.0017 (0.0012–0.0023) |