Results 9737 individuals met inclusion criteria, and 1529 individuals (16%) were admitted to the ICU. Hispanics had the lowest rates of ICU stay (11% Hispanics in the ICU had the highest length of stay (8.1 days), the youngest mean age (26 years), nearly a third (32%) were B18 years, 52% were from the lowest SES group, and 58% were female (Table 1) . Differences between race/ethnic groups and SES exist (Table 1) . Results from multivariate regressions indicate that Hispanics are at 27% lower risk for ICU stay compared to Whites (OR 00.73, p B0.001*data not shown).