2017 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, 2017
Characteristics 2017 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Weighted No. of Visits SE (Weighted No.) Rate* SE* (Rate)
Total 182,620 4,570 5.6 0.14
Child (aged 0–17 years) 75,905 4,095 10.3 0.56
Adult (aged 18+ years)§ 106,710 1,833 4.2 0.07
Sex
Male 74,945 2,608 4.7 0.16
Female 107,670 2,202 6.5 0.13
Race, not considering ethnicity
White 67,045 1,345 2.7 0.05
Black 59,945 2,349 13.8 0.54
Other 49,120 2,204 15.1 0.68
Ethnicity
Hispanic 33,920 1,726 5.8 0.29
Not Hispanic 142,190 3,363 5.3 0.13
Age Group
0–4 years 34,205 1,810 17.2 0.91
5–17 years 41,700 2,360 7.8 0.44
18–34 years 23,015 513 3.0 0.07
35–64 years 58,240 1,133 4.7 0.09
65+ years 25,455 567 5.0 0.11
U.S. Census Region
Northeast 46,525 2,944 8.2 0.52
Midwest 34,505 1,802 5.1 0.26
South 67,745 2,402 5.5 0.19
West 33,845 1,788 4.4 0.23
MSA status
MSA 164,070 4,669 5.9 0.16
Non-MSA** 18,045 554 3.9 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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