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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of children surveyed.i

From: The state of pediatric asthma in Chicago's Humboldt Park: a community-based study in two local elementary schools

Variable

Proportion (%)

Asthma status

 

   Diagnosed asthma (n = 494)

24.9

   Probable asthmaii (n = 488)

16.2

Age (years, n = 491)

 

   3-4

4.7

   5-6

7.7

   7-8

21.6

   9-10

21.2

   11-12

18.8

   13-14

22.4

   15-16

3.5

Race/ethnicity (n = 494)iii

 

   Black

33.5

   White

7.7

   Asian

0.2

   Puerto Rican

41.4

   Mexican

32.5

   Other Hispanic

11.8

   Other ethnicity

1.2

Insurance type (n = 482)

 

   Private

8.7

   Medicaid/AllKids

82.4

   Uninsured

7.7

   Other

1.2

  1. iResponse rate varied by item; n-value listed indicates the total number of responses received for a given item.
  2. iiProbable asthma defined as 1 or more affirmative response to the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen Plus[19] without having a formal diagnosis of asthma.
  3. iiiMultiple selections were allowed; sum need not equal 100%.
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