Subject Population

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ The subject population consisted of adolescents from the age of 13 to15 who were enrolled in RIte Care (as part of their parentsí federal and state welfare benefits) and who had appointments at Hasbro Childrenís Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island between September 1999 and March 2000.

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Below you will find the characteristics of the population, broken down by race and sex.Ý ìRaceî was determined by Lifespanís race classification system (See Table 1).ÝÝ Zip codes of the residences of the enrolled subjects were collected through the Hallet Prevention Initiative tracking system at the Department of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Rhode Island Hospital.Ý However, due to time restraints, zip code information could not be processed and therefore is not presently available for comparison purposes.

*Population Enrolled In Study, by Race*		*% of Total*
Race 1 ("White")	104	22.13
Race 2 ("Black")	90	19.15
Race 3 ("Other")	80	17.02
Race 4 ("Hispanic")	140	29.79
Race 5 ("Asian")	3	0.64
Race 6 ("Red")	0	0
Race Unknown	53	11.27
Total Population	470	100

Table 1

*Population Enrolled in Study, by Sex*		*% of Total*
Population Enrolled in Study	235	50
Population Enrolled in Study	235	50
Total Population	470	100

Table 2

Unfortunately, many interesting variables such as household income and education of parents were not available through either the chart review process or the tracking system.Ý For information on general Providence demographic indicators, see our Children in Providence page. ÝÝ


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