Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care from the 2004 National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Reports: Figure 3

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Figure 3. State Variation in Pediatric Hospital Admissions for Asthma Per 100,000 Population Ages 0-17, 2001

Map of the United States color coded to show which States fall into each percentile of pediatric hospital admissions for asthma. Go to the table below for details.

0-25th Percentile	>25th-50th Percentile	>50th-75th Percentile	>75th-100th Percentile	No data
Florida Kentucky Michigan New Jersey New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia	Illinois Maryland Missouri North Carolina Rhode Island Tennessee Texas West Virginia	California Colorado Georgia Hawaii Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota Washington	Arizona Iowa Maine Nebraska Oregon Utah Vermont Wisconsin	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Idaho Indiana Louisiana Mississippi Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Wyoming

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HCUP State Inpatient Databases, 2001.

Note: Not all States are included. Values for quartiles are: 0-25th percentile = 221.4-315.3 admissions/100,000 population; >25th-50th percentile = 187.3-220.9; >50th-75th percentile = 125.6-176.6; >75th-100th percentile = 66.3-120.6.

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