2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix: Table 8_3

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Table 8_3_2.9
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, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	231.6	8.3	159.3	5.2
Arizona	171.6	4.8	115.4	4.4
Arkansas	195.5	7.1	DNC	DNC
California	196.4	2.2	137.3	1.9
Colorado	154.9	5.8	108.3	4.9
Connecticut	201.0	6.6	130.0	5.3
Florida	235.3	2.8	138.5	2.2
Georgia	248.7	5.3	151.6	4.2
Hawaii	209.5	11.0	219.6	12.3
Illinois	265.8	4.2	192.4	3.5
Indiana	229.2	5.5	DNC	DNC
Iowa	118.3	5.2	104.1	4.8
Kansas	188.1	8.5	109.4	5.9
Kentucky	286.8	7.3	197.2	6.5
Maine	129.9	8.1	130.9	8.7
Maryland	312.8	6.9	150.2	5.0
Massachusetts	280.2	6.0	165.9	4.4
Michigan	238.5	4.4	144.7	3.4
Minnesota	155.8	5.4	DNC	DNC
Missouri	172.8	4.7	103.5	3.8
Nebraska	159.2	8.5	DNC	DNC
Nevada	157.4	7.8	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	116.1	8.5	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	287.1	5.0	149.6	3.6
New York	294.2	3.4	230.8	3.0
North Carolina	217.8	4.5	169.7	4.2
Ohio	259.3	4.2	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	198.4	6.5	DNC	DNC
Oregon	117.5	5.0	104.7	4.8
Rhode Island	212.3	11.9	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	230.6	6.6	182.8	6.9
South Dakota	184.7	18.5	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	248.0	6.1	158.7	4.6
Texas	240.8	3.6	161.8	4.2
Utah	106.3	7.4	102.8	7.2
Vermont	121.7	12.1	DNC	DNC
Virginia	234.4	5.2	190.4	4.9
Washington	108.2	3.9	108.0	3.9
West Virginia	297.6	10.2	164.8	7.7
Wisconsin	147.6	4.6	125.6	4.2

^a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the 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, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.