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Trends in US Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012–2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 21 — September 19, 2024

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Estimated rates of pediatric asthma hospitalization, by race and ethnicity, per 10,000 population, US, 2012–2020. Data on the number of hospitalizations are from the National Inpatient Sample, and population denominators are from the Census Bureau Vintage 2020 Population Estimates. The break between 2015 and 2016 represents the change in diagnostic coding from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification
(ICD-9-CM) to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification
(ICD-10-CM). Abbreviation: NH, non-Hispanic.

Estimated rates of pediatric asthma hospitalization, by race and ethnicity, per 10,000 population, US, 2012–2020. Data on the number of hospitalizations are from the National Inpatient Sample, and population denominators are from the Census Bureau Vintage 2020 Population Estimates. The break between 2015 and 2016 represents the change in diagnostic coding from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). Abbreviation: NH, non-Hispanic.
 Race and ethnicity 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
NH White 9.36 7.80 8.13 6.67 6.04 5.63 5.78 5.00 2.20
NH Black 36.72 33.29 34.55 29.73 27.73 26.28 25.00 22.19 9.78
Hispanic 13.50 12.25 12.01 10.39 9.30 9.06 8.93 8.10 2.91
NH Asian 8.31 7.09 7.01 6.12 5.80 6.31 6.19 5.41 1.67
NH Native American 13.39 11.50 12.27 12.90 9.87 9.72 10.27 8.73 3.87
Other (≥2 races) 19.68 17.49 17.44 13.81 13.56 13.93 14.17 11.24 4.94

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