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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Research

Incidence, Etiology, and Healthcare Utilization for Acute Gastroenteritis in the Community, United States

Mark A. SchmidtComments to Author , Holly C. Groom, Andreea M. Rawlings, Claire P. Mattison, Suzanne B. Salas, Rachel M. Burke, Ben D. Hallowell, Laura E. Calderwood, Judy Donald, Neha Balachandran, and Aron J. Hall
Author affiliations: Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA (M.A. Schmidt, H.C. Groom, A.M. Rawlings, S.B. Salas, J. Donald); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.P. Mattison, R.M. Burke, B.D. Hallowell, L.E. Calderwood, N. Balachandran, A.J. Hall); Cherokee Nation Assurance, Arlington, Virginia, USA (C.P. Mattison, N. Balachandran); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (L.E. Calderwood)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participants in Community Acute Gastroenteritis Study, Oregon and Washington, USA, September 2016–September 2017

Characteristic Unweighted no. Weighted %*
All participants
 3,894
Age group, y
<5 473 4.8
5–17 334 14.6
18–44 951 38.0
45–64 1,283 27.3
>65
 853
 15.3
Sex
M 1,542
F
 2,352
 51.8
Race
White 3,276 81.5
Other/unknown
Ethnicity
Hispanic 224 7.4
Non-Hispanic 3,261 87.6
Unknown/not specified
 215
 5.0
Education
Less than high school 33 1.1
High school diploma/GED 320 10.7
Some college 942 30.8
College graduate 982 33.4
Postgraduate
 752
 24.0
Residence
Urban 1548 40.7
Suburban 1555 41.8
Other
 711
 17.5
Insurance status
Commercial only 2763 77.0
Medicaid 221 6.0
Medicare 871 15.9
Both Medicare and Medicaid 2 0.1
None
 37
 1.0
Income
<$50,000 428 10.4
$50,000–$75,000 664 16.2
>$75,000 520 12.9
Missing/declined to state 2282 60.5

*Weighted to account for age-stratified probability sampling.

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