# Approaches for Dealing with Seasonality in Clinical Prediction Models for Infections
## Appendix B Description of the _Acinetobacter_ and _S. pneumoniae_ Datasets
pneumoniae_ Dataset} \\ \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**NEGATIVE**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**POSITIVE**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**NEGATIVE**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**POSITIVE**} \\ \hline  & **N/Mean** & **Sd/\%** & **N/Mean** & **Sd/\%** & **N/Mean** & **Sd/\%** & **N/Mean** & **Sd/\%** \\ \hline
**spec\_type\_desc** & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{BLOOD CULTURE} & 4195 & 25.15\% & 15 & 9.43\% & 4154 & 25.00\% & 56 & 25.57\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{BRONCHOAIVEOLAR LAVAGE} & 1355 & 8.12\% & 20 & 12.58\% & 1355 & 8.15\% & 20 & 9.13\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{SPUTUM} & 7784 & 46.67\% & 107 & 67.30\% & 7751 & 46.64\% & 140 & 63.93\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{SWAB} & 3344 & 20.05\% & 17 & 10.69\% & 3358 & 20.21\% & 3 & 1.37\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**admission\_type**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{ELECTIVE} & 1153 & 6.91\% & 7 & 4.40\% & 1155 & 6.95\% & 5 & 2.28\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{EMERGENCY} & 15,134 & 90.74\% & 150 & 94.34\% & 15071 & 90.69\% & 213 & 97.26\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{URGENT} & 391 & 2.34\% & 2 & 1.26\% & 392 & 2.36\% & 1 & 0.46\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**admission\_location**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{CLINIC REFERAL/PREMATURE} & 2827 & 16.95\% & 15 & 9.43\% & 2802 & 16.86\% & 40 & 18.26\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{EMERGENCY ROOM ADMIT} & 9034 & 54.17\% & 86 & 54.09\% & 8971 & 53.98\% & 149 & 68.04\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{OTHER} & 1796 & 10.77\% & 14 & 8.81\% & 1800 & 10.83\% & 10 & 4.57\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{TRANSFER FROM HOSP/EXTRAM} & 3021 & 18.11\% & 44 & 27.67\% & 3045 & 18.32\% & 20 & 9.13\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**insurance**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{Government} & 372 & 2.23\% & 3 & 1.89\% & 366 & 2.20\% & 9 & 4.11\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{Medicaid} & 1651 & 9.90\% & 14 & 8.81\% & 1632 & 9.82\% & 33 & 15.07\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{Medicare} & 9711 & 58.23\% & 91 & 57.23\% & 9706 & 58.41\% & 96 & 43.84\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{Private} & 4784 & 28.68\% & 50 & 31.45\% & 4764 & 28.67\% & 70 & 31.96\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{Self Pay} & 160 & 0.96\% & 1 & 0.63\% & 150 & 0.90\% & 11 & 5.02\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**marital\_status**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{DIVORCED} & 1163 & 6.97\% & 10 & 6.29\% & 1157 & 6.96\% & 16 & 7.31\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{MARIED} & 7591 & 45.52\% & 68 & 42.77\% & 7584 & 45.64\% & 75 & 34.25\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{OTHER} & 1306 & 7.83\% & 19 & 11.95\% & 1294 & 7.79\% & 31 & 14.16\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{SINGLE} & 4513 & 27.06\% & 42 & 26.42\% & 4487 & 27.00\% & 68 & 31.05\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{WIDOWED} & 2105 & 12.62\% & 20 & 12.58\% & 2096 & 12.61\% & 29 & 13.24\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**ethnicity**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN} & 1596 & 9.57\% & 19 & 11.95\% & 1601 & 9.63\% & 14 & 6.39\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{HISPANIC OR LATINO} & 474 & 2.84\% & 5 & 3.14\% & 465 & 2.80\% & 14 & 6.39\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{OTHER} & 1463 & 8.77\% & 13 & 8.18\% & 1460 & 8.79\% & 16 & 7.31\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{UNKNOWN/NOT SPECIFIED} & 1290 & 7.73\% & 10 & 6.29\% & 1283 & 7.72\% & 17 & 7.76\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{WHITE} & 11,855 & 71.08\% & 112 & 70.44\% & 11809 & 71.06\% & 158 & 72.15\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**patient\_age**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{ADULT} & 8094 & 48.53\% & 77 & 48.43\% & 8033 & 48.34\% & 138 & 63.01\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{ELEDERLY} & 8584 & 51.47\% & 82 & 51.57\% & 8585 & 51.66\% & 81 & 36.99\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**gender**} & & & & & & & & \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{F} & 6655 & 39.90\% & 69 & 43.40\% & 6640 & 39.96\% & 84 & 38.36\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{M} & 10,023 & 60.10\% & 90 & 56.60\% & 9978 & 60.04\% & 135 & 61.64\% \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**min\_white\_blood\_cells** (numeric)} & 11.98 & 8.51 & 15.72 & 38.19 & 12.02 & 9.20 & 12.27 & 12.19 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**mean\_white\_blood\_cells** (numeric)} & 13.98 & 9.33 & 17.29 & 38.17 & 14.00 & 9.95 & 14.31 & 13.51 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**max\_white\_blood\_cells** (numeric)} & 16.10 & 11.54 & 19.06 & 38.23 & 16.13 & 12.02 & 16.56 & 15.27 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**min\_lactate** (numeric)} & 1.79 & 1.35 & 1.47 & 0.86 & 1.78 & 1.34 & 2.03 & 1.56 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**mean\_lactate** (numeric)} & 2.24 & 1.77 & 1.70 & 1.00 & 2.23 & 1.77 & 2.59 & 1.86 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**max\_lactate** (numeric)} & 2.78 & 2.52 & 1.94 & 1.27 & 2.77 & 2.51 & 3.30 & 2.46 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**icu\_stay