2018 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, 2018
Characteristics	2018 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Characteristics	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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