Table 2

Patient characteristics*

Pre-exposure periodExposure period
Control sites
(n=6033) (%)
Exposure sites
(n=2476) (%)
Control sites
(n=36 765) (%)
Exposure sites
(n=9638) (%)
Gender
 Male93.190.893.594.9
 Female6.99.26.55.1
Race
 Non-Hispanic white65.352.254.464.8
 African-American16.026.722.311.9
 Missing or unknown or other18.721.123.323.3
Marital status
 Married56.954.648.460.7
 Divorced/separated23.822.428.424.0
 Other19.323.023.115.3
Age (years)
 <4511.015.38.84.3
 45–6455.257.053.757.4
 65–7416.013.018.723.1
 75 and older17.714.618.815.2
  • Numbers may not add due to rounding.

  • *All of the differences between the exposure and control sites in the exposure period were statistically significant (p<0.05).