2016 Healthcare Use Data

Hospitalizations

**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
Characteristics	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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