2019 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, 2019
Characteristics	2019 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Characteristics	Weighted No. of Visits	SE (Weighted No.)	Rate^*	SE^* (Rate)
Total	169,330	4,029	5.2	0.12
Child (aged 0–17 years)^†	64,525	3,550	8.8	0.49
Adult (aged 18+ years)^§	104,805	1,755	4.1	0.07
Sex^¶
Male	68,125	2,253	4.2	0.14
Boys (Age <18 years)	39,370	2,147	10.6	.58
Men (Age 18+ years)	28,755	599	2.3	0.5
Female	101,205	2,012	6.1	0.12
Girls (Age <18 years)	25,155	1,446	7.0	0.40
Women (Age 18+ years)	76,050	1,312	5.8	0.10
Race, not considering ethnicity
White	63,990	1,289	2.5	0.05
Children (Age <18 years)	18,235	980	3.5	0.19
Adults (Age 18+ years)	45,755	797	2.3	0.04
Black	55,920	2,094	12.7	0.48
Children (Age <18 years)	22,265	1,731	20.3	1.56
Adults (Age 18+ years)	33,655	1,002	10.2	0.30
Other^**	45,385	1,966	13.5	0.58
Children (Age <18 years)	21,500	1,538	23.1	1.66
Adults (Age 18+ years)	23,885	913	9.8	0.37
Ethnicity
Hispanic	32,015	1,544	5.3	0.26
Children (Age <18 years)	15,055	1,148	8.1	0.61
Adults (Age 18+ years)	16,960	778	4.0	0.19
Not Hispanic	133,280	3,019	5.0	0.11
Children (Age <18 years)	46,945	2,667	8.6	0.49
Adults (Age 18+ years)	86,335	1,382	4.0	0.07
Age Group
0–4 years	28,755	1,574	14.7	0.80
5–17 years	35,770	2,048	6.7	0.38
18–34 years	21,545	487	2.8	0.06
35–64 years	57,360	1,070	4.6	0.09
65+ years	25,900	561	4.8	0.10
U.S. Census Region^††
Northeast	41,550	2,419	7.4	0.43
Midwest	33,065	1,776	4.8	0.26
South	62,150	2,058	5.0	0.16
West	32,565	1,729	4.2	0.22
MSA Status^**
MSA^§§	152,285	3,913	5.4	0.14
Non-MSA^¶¶	16,345	522	3.5	0.11

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.

^¶Sex of patient categories include male and female as in hospital record.

^**Other race includes Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American, and other race categories.

^††Based on actual location of the hospital.

^**Based on location of patient’s residence.

^§Rate of MSA hospital inpatient stays was calculated by combining the weighted number of visits for large central metro, large fringe metro (suburbs), and 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, National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS). 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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