2018 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, 2018
Characteristics 2018 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Weighted No. of Visits SE (Weighted No.) Rate* SE* (Rate)
Total 178,530 4,558 5.5 0.14
Child (aged 0–17 years) 74,295 4,159 10.1 0.57
Adult (aged 18+ years)§ 104,235 1,759 4.1 0.07
Sex
Male 73,180 2,607 4.5 0.16
Female 105,340 2,157 6.3 0.13
Race, not considering ethnicity
White 66,915 1,399 2.7 0.06
Black 57,805 2,336 13.2 0.53
Other 48,520 2,288 14.6 0.69
Ethnicity
Hispanic 33,480 1,768 5.6 0.30
Not Hispanic 139,760 3,388 5.2 0.13
Age Group
0–4 years 34,140 1,938 17.2 0.98
5–17 years 40,155 2,306 7.5 0.43
18–34 years 22,240 483 2.9 0.06
35–64 years 56,720 1,074 4.5 0.09
65+ years 25,275 584 4.8 0.11
U.S. Census Region
Northeast 46,070 2,913 8.2 0.52
Midwest 34,680 1,951 5.1 0.29
South 65,975 2,411 5.3 0.19
West 31,805 1,635 4.1 0.21
MSA status
MSA 160,800 4,433 5.7 0.16
Non-MSA** 17,165 551 3.7 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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