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Table 1 Demographic characteristics featured in case histories from North Carolina and Minnesota

From: Race, ethnicity, and gender representation in clinical case vignettes: a 20-year comparison between two institutions

Demographic Characteristics OF CASES

North Carolina N (%)

Minnesota N (%)

Difference in proportions (95% CI)

Sex

 Male

146 (52.3)

526 (53.5)

-0.01 (-0.08, 0.06)

 Female

127 (45.7)

416 (42.3)

 

 Unspecified

5 (1.8)

29 (3.0)

 

 Intersex

 

12 (1.2)

 

Gender

 Unspecified

278 (100.0)

983 (100.0)

-

 Cisgender

   

 Transgender

   

Sexual Orientation

 Unspecified

276 (99.3)

977 (99.4)

-0.001 (-0.012, 0.001)

 Heterosexual

2 (0.7)

3 (0.31)

 

 Homosexual

 

2 (0.20)

 

 Other

 

1 (0.10)

 

Race

 Unspecified

213 (76.6)

951 (96.7)

0.20 (0.15, 0.25)

 White

42 (19.7)

28 (2.9)

 

 Black

22 (7.9)

4 (0.4)

 

 Other

1 (0.4)

  

Region of Origin/Ethnicity

 Unspecified

240 (86.3)

970 (98.7)

0.12 (0.08, 0.17)

 Europe

3 (1.1)

5 (0.51)

 

South and Central America

 Caribbean

1 (0.36)

1 (0.10)

 

Middle East

 Africa

2 (0.72)

3 (31)

 

 Asia

1 (0.36)

2 (0.20)

 

 North America

31 (11.2)

1 (0.10)

 
  1. SOURCES: The table presents data collected at UNC compared to the study conducted at UMN [22]