More Than One-Quarter Million Infants Hospitalized For Infectious Diseases: New Federal Study In Pediatrics – Hispanic infants were 23% of those admitted!!!
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Hispanic infants accounted for a disproportionate share of admissions — 23 percent — about a third involved white infants, 12 percent African-American infants, and just 2 percent Asian or Pacific Islander infants.
Hispanic and African-American infants showed higher hospitalization rates compared to white infants for specific infectious diseases such skin infections, gastrointestinal tract infections, lower respiratory infections and septicemia. African-American infants had the highest hospitalization rate for meningitis. “*
*From: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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