Table 5

Race in Western New York and of children hospitalized with reflux during the study period

Group 1995–1999
Population of 8 counties N (% of total)
Hospital admissions ≤ 2 years
Study patients N (%)
Study patients ≥ 37 weeks gestation and reflux N (%)
Study patients < 37 weeks gestation and reflux N (%)

Total population
1,591,726 (100)
29,965 (100)
1096 (100)
514 (100)
519 (100)
White
1,376,950 (86.5)
19,702 (66)
748 (68.3)
381 (74.1)
356 (68.6)
Black
39,437 (2.4)
8,571 (29)
239 (21.8)
107 (20.8)
129 (25)
Other1
175,339 (11)
1,498 (5)
109 (10)
26 (5.1)
34 (6.6)

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1Asiatic, American Indian, other, unknown.

Baker et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-11