OBJECTIVES Pharyngitis is a disease that commonly affects patients from various ages, genders, and ethnicities. This investigation will serve as an exploratory analysis of basic pediatric inpatient descriptors, and their relationships with respect to hospitalization charges, length of hospitalization, and the contraction of Pharyngitis. METHODS In this study, length of hospitalization and hospitalization charges are analyzed with respect to patient age, gender, and race. Logistic and linear regressions are included to show relationships among independent variables, descriptive variables, and the contraction of Pharyngitis. The Statistical Analysis Software (SAS), Enterprise Guide version 4.0, was utilized in the data analysis. The data are from the 2005 National Inpatient Sample and contained 4169 patients with Pharyngitis and a control group of 4200 patients. RESULTS It was shown that on average, White, male, Pharyngitic patients 0-3 years old pay the least in hospitalization charges while female patients of Asian/Pacific Islander descent 12-15 years old pay the most in hospitalization charges. White, female patients 0-7 years old have the shortest hospitalization periods while male patients of Native American descent 12-18 years old have the longest average hospital visits. In total, several variables, including specific procedures and diagnoses, such as Volume Depletion and Fever, are seen as statistically significant in determining the likelihood of a patient contracting Pharyngitis. Additional results were derived from a linear regression, which contains analysis specific to length of hospitalization and hospitalization charges. CONCLUSIONS This investigation provides only a general overview of the statistical relationships contained within a data set of pediatric inpatients primarily afflicted with the disease, Pharyngitis. Because of the nature of the disease, it should be noted that further investigations should be conducted to verify any relationships found to be statistically significant.