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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 8_3_2.1_3
Admissions for asthmaa per 100,000 population,b ages 2-17, by State, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008
  2008 2007 2004 2000
State Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total 117.8 12.6 132.0 10.0 155.5 12.4 164.5 11.5
Arizona 112.9 2.7 120.2 2.8 131.1 3.1 132.9 3.7
Arkansas 82.3 3.6 104.3 4.2 116.9 4.4 DNC DNC
California 83.2 1.0 81.9 1.0 104.9 1.1 140.5 1.3
Colorado 151.1 4.0 139.0 3.7 167.1 4.0 138.4 3.7
Connecticut 142.9 4.6 156.4 4.7 148.9 4.5 143.9 4.5
Florida 127.4 1.9 146.8 2.0 183.0 2.3 204.1 2.6
Georgia 102.3 2.1 114.0 2.3 144.6 2.7 125.6 2.6
Hawaii 44.9 4.1 52.3 4.3 87.7 5.8 97.5 6.0
Illinois 111.1 2.0 109.3 2.0 128.8 2.1 210.6 2.7
Indiana 108.5 2.8 98.7 2.6 122.1 2.9 DNC DNC
Iowa 61.7 3.1 73.1 3.5 81.2 3.7 107.4 4.0
Kansas 125.9 5.1 150.6 5.7 147.2 5.4 127.9 4.8
Kentucky 164.5 4.4 171.0 4.6 212.7 5.1 162.5 4.4
Louisiana 199.1 5.0 DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
Maine 78.7 5.8 64.5 5.2 DNC DNC 84.2 5.5
Maryland 152.1 3.5 168.1 3.7 160.8 3.6 168.3 3.8
Massachusetts 182.2 3.8 166.8 3.7 143.3 3.4 129.3 3.2
Michigan 139.3 2.6 144.2 2.6 174.9 2.8 204.8 3.0
Minnesota 79.5 2.8 125.4 3.5 121.6 3.5 DNC DNC
Missouri 165.7 3.6 168.6 3.7 171.3 3.7 254.6 5.4
Nebraska 64.3 4.1 88.8 4.8 102.1 5.6 DNC DNC
Nevada 95.8 4.0 96.0 4.1 125.4 4.8 DNC DNC
New Hampshire 64.4 5.0 66.7 5.1 54.4 4.5 DNC DNC
New Jersey 150.1 2.9 169.5 3.0 175.8 3.0 179.6 3.2
New York 229.6 2.4 225.0 2.4 283.8 2.6 262.5 2.5
North Carolina 102.8 2.3 120.6 2.5 130.6 2.7 153.6 3.1
Ohio 122.1 2.3 129.9 2.4 113.8 2.2 DNC DNC
Oklahoma 134.5 4.1 196.3 5.2 DNC DNC DNC DNC
Oregon 43.4 2.6 47.6 2.5 48.5 2.5 59.5 2.8
Pennsylvania 198.7 3.0 DNC DNC DNC DNC 210.4 2.9
Rhode Island 196.2 9.8 155.5 8.6 154.0 8.6 DNC DNC
South Carolina 141.9 4.0 169.4 4.3 192.2 5.3 188.6 4.8
South Dakota 77.0 7.6 84.6 8.1 91.0 7.8 DNC DNC
Tennessee 119.1 3.1 143.1 3.5 155.7 3.5 183.4 3.9
Texas 125.4 1.6 142.2 1.7 159.5 1.9 175.5 2.4
Utah 68.2 3.0 65.3 3.1 80.5 3.5 57.2 2.9
Vermont 49.6 6.7 39.1 6.0 43.1 6.1 DNC DNC
Virginia 109.8 2.6 141.9 3.0 152.4 3.1 178.2 3.4
Washington 79.6 2.4 90.0 2.6 92.3 2.6 122.8 3.0
West Virginia 137.3 6.3 166.2 7.1 171.4 7.3 165.6 6.8
Wisconsin 78.5 2.6 88.6 2.8 100.4 2.9 129.6 3.2
Wyoming 169.8 12.6 201.1 14.3 DNC DNC DNC DNC

a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDI) software, asthma must be the principal diagnosis. Excludes admissions with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric admissions.

b. Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. resident population for 2000 as the U.S. standard population.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: Standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.  State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP.  Estimates for the total United States are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

 

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