2016 Healthcare Use Data

Hospitalizations

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Table B: Number and rate of hospital inpatient stays with asthma as the first-listed diagnosis per 10,000 population, by selected patient characteristics: United States, 2016
Characteristics 2016 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Weighted No. of Visits SE (Weighted No.) Rate* SE* (Rate)
Total 188,965 4,805 5.8 0.15
Child (aged 0–17 years) 80,235 4,320 10.9 0.59
Adult (aged 18+ years)§ 108,505 1,843 4.3 0.07
Sex
Male 78,010 2,735 4.9 0.17
Female 110,905 2,292 6.8 0.14
Race, not considering ethnicity
White 69,795 1,484 2.8 0.06
Black 62,480 2,417 14.5 0.56
Other 48,055 2,226 15.2 0.70
Ethnicity
Hispanic 33,615 1,692 5.8 0.29
Not Hispanic 146,715 3,552 5.5 0.13
Age Group
0–4 years 36,680 2,047 18.4 1.03
5–17 years 43,555 2,365 8.1 0.44
18–34 years 24,110 528 3.2 0.07
35–64 years 60,380 1,170 4.8 0.09
65+ years 24,015 521 4.9 0.11
U.S. Census Region
Northeast 50,085 3,234 8.9 0.58
Midwest 35,135 1,857 5.2 0.27
South 69,730 2,463 5.7 0.20
West 34,015 1,763 4.4 0.23
MSA status
MSA 169,870 4,669 6.2 0.17
Non-MSA** 18,410 549 4.0 0.12

Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE, standard error.

*Crude rate per 10,000 and SE, standard error.

Rate of child hospital inpatient stays was calculated using the weighted number of visits for children aged 0-17 years and dividing it by the resident population for children aged 0-17 years per 10,000.

§Rate of adult hospital visits calculated using the weighted number of visits for adults aged 18+ years divided by the resident population for adults aged 18+ years per 10,000.

Rate of MSA hospital inpatient stays was calculated by combining the weighted number of visits for large central metro, large fringe metro (suburbs), medium and small metro categories and dividing it by the resident population for MSA per 10,000.

**Rate of Non-MSA hospital inpatient stays was calculated using the weighted number of visits for the micropolitan and noncore (rural) category and dividing it by the resident population for non-MSA per 10,000.

SOURCE: HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. For more information about HCUP data see http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/

 

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