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Race in Western New York and of children hospitalized with reflux during the study period |
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| 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 (%) |
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| 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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http://www.health.state.ny.us. 1Asiatic, American Indian, other, unknown. | |||||
Baker et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-11 |
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