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PEDSnet

Basic Statistics

Data Date Span: N/A

Data Refresh Date: 2024-September-11

Patient Count: 201,581,911

Deceased Count: N/A

Domain Specific Counts

PEDSNET DATA PROFILE

The demographics and clinical characteristics of patients in the PEDSnet database are summarized below.

Summary Variables

Summary Variables N
Total Outpatient/ED Visits 201,581,911
Total Hospitalizations 5,405,963

Age at First Visit

Age at first visit (in years) Active* Overall
0 2,572,896 (46.8%) 4,705,951 (33.0%)
1 - 4 1,258,963 (22.9%) 3,195,992 (22.4%)
5 - 11 978,192 (17.8%) 3,119,302 (21.9%)
12 - 17 419,117 (7.6%) 1,944,787 (13.6%)
18 - 24 55,717 (1.0%) 313,021 (2.2%)
25+ 217,978 (4.0%) 959,816 (6.7%)
Mean 4.9 7.5
Median [Q1, Q3] 1.3 [0.0, 6.6] 3.7 [0.4, 11.1]

Age at Last Visit

Age at first visit (in years) Active* Overall
0 324,258 (5.9%) 903,843 (6.3%)
1 - 4 1,142,258 (20.8%) 2,690,611 (18.9%)
5 - 11 1,787,033 (32.5%) 3,969,224 (27.8%)
12 - 17 1,446,719 (26.3%) 3,785,470 (26.5%)
18 - 24 485,595 (8.8%) 1,669,617 (11.7%)
25+ 317,000 (5.8%) 1,220,104 (8.6%)
Mean 11.2 12.5
Median [Q1, Q3] 9.9 [4.6, 15.6] 11.2 [4.9, 17.1]

Duration of Follow-up

Duration of follow-up (in years) Active* Overall
Mean 6.4 7,000,157 (50.4%)
Median [Q1, Q3] 5.1 [1.6, 10.1] 3.2 [0.4, 8.4]

Sex

Sex Active* Overall
Female 2,779,381 (50.5%) 7,202,600 (50.5%)
Male [Q1, Q3] 2,722,463 (49.5%) 7,049,052 (49.4%)

Race

Race Active* Overall
American Indian or Alaska Native 17,919 (0.3%) 47,866 (0.3%)
Asian / Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 329,449 (6.0%) 744,846 (5.2%)
Black / African American 939,968 (17.1%) 2,182,847 (15.3%)
White 2,901,233 (52.7%) 7,598,487 (53.3%)
Multiple race 220,361 (4.0%) 460,030 (3.2%)
Other** 777,236 (14.1%) 2,012,918 (14.1%)
Unknown 316,697 (5.8%) 1,219,578 (8.5%)

Ethnicity

Ethnicity Active* Overall
Hispanic/Latinx 1,207,794 (21.9%) 2,814,420 (19.7%)
Not Hispanic/Latinx 3,806,589 (69.2%) 9,536,181 (66.8%)
Other / Unknown 488,480 (8.9%) 1,915,971 (13.4%)

* Active: visit within the last 18 months

**Other refers to the following responses from the EHR: “Other” or “Refuse to answer”.

Table 2. Selected Health Conditions

Health conditions Active* Prevalence per 10,000 patients in database
Asthma 1,279,572 897
Seizure Disorder 425,370 298
Appendicitis 98,105 69
Type 1 Diabetes 80,273 56
Leukemia + Lymphoma 44,639 31
Inflammatory bowel disease (Ulcerative Colitis + Crohn’s Disease) 42,669 30
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 25,630 18
Sickle Cell Anemia 20,844 15
Cystic Fibrosis 13,200 9
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 11,515 8