Table 2 Descriptive Characteristics

Sex

0.000

Female

48.1

51.9

-

Race

0.000

Asian

2.77

5.25

-

Hispanic

19.1

19.1

-

Other Race

5.08

7.69

-

Unknown Race

0.7

7.11

-

White

37.4

33.1

-

Marital

0.000

Divorced

5.75

2.72

-

Other Marital

1.92

5.05

-

Seperated

2.53

1.36

-

Single

56.1

65.9

-

Unknown Marital

0.02

0.13

-

Widow

5.47

1.58

-

PrscNum

0.52

0.39

0.000

Chronic

19.7

80.3

0.000

Combinations

6.65

2.18

0.000

Diagnosis

0.000

Blood

0.96

0.36

-

Circulatory

13.3

4.12

-

Congential Anomalies

0.21

0.32

-

Digestive

9.7

6.97

-

Endocrine

2.33

3.04

-

Genitourinary

4.72

5.45

-

Illdefined

4.38

12.2

-

Infections

4.02

2.94

-

Injury & Poison

13.1

8.92

-

Mental

1.64

6.56

-

Metabolic & Immune

1.35

1.38

-

Musculoskeletal

5.81

10.77

-

Neoplasms

6.37

2.94

-

Nutrition

2.68

7.73

-

Pregnancy

16.0

1.44

-

Respiratory

6.18

3.42

-

Secondary

1.33

0.50

-

Skin

2.75

4.64

-

Supplementary 1

1.9

13.0

-

Unknown Diagnosis

0.08

3.13

-

Payer

0.000

Multiple payers

8.24

5.08

-

Government

65.7

50.8

-

Private

23.1

35.0

-

Other Payers

1.51

3.70

-

Uninsured

1.44

5.44

-

ER Visits

0.000

=0 ER visit record

86.2

73.9

-

=1 ER visit record

8.22

19.6

-

>1 ER visit records

5.61

6.48

-

Prior Admissions

0.000

=0 prior admissions

66.6

99.3

-

=1 prior admissions

16.6

0.53

-

>1 prior admissions

16.7

0.15

-