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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_3_2.3
Asthma admissions (excluding patients with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system, obstetric admissions, and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 65 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   231.6 8.3 159.2 5.2
Age 65–69 203.4 8.1 137.1 5.6
70–74 221.4 9.5 155.9 5.5
75–79 242.9 9.1 165.4 6.3
80–84 273.7 10.6 185.0 8.2
85 and over 252.6 11.5 182.9 7.8
Gender Male 151.6 5.7 105.6 4.3
Female 288.7 10.6 198.4 6.4
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 299.1 19.9 226.4 13.8
Second quartile 217.2 10.9 153.4 8.0
Third quartile 194.6 9.9 132.8 7.8
Fourth quartile (highest income) 214.6 17.6 130.4 9.7
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 305.5 28.6 196.1 17.6
Large fringe metropolitan 229.7 21.6 161.6 13.4
Medium metropolitan 183.3 18.8 118.2 14.8
Small metropolitan 184.1 22.7 132.6 16.2
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 205.0 14.4 158.0 16.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 212.0 16.1 160.2 11.2
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 294.3 27.1 209.6 17.5
Midwest 211.8 13.8 131.8 7.2
South 245.4 13.3 161.6 7.6
West 167.3 11.0 134.6 9.7

a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

 

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