Table 8_3_2-6

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_3_2.6
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 race/ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		246.8	5.6	206.6	5.0	416.1	23.9	300.5	31.0	465.1	39.2
Age	65–69	211.8	5.8	168.8	4.7	429.9	28.5	168.7	20.5	355.0	34.2
	70–74	235.1	6.1	190.9	5.5	432.1	26.8	241.8	28.9	439.2	38.5
	75–79	262.6	6.8	217.9	6.2	439.4	28.0	342.4	37.8	552.6	51.4
	80–84	291.2	7.3	257.1	7.4	393.4	29.3	458.0	55.5	555.7	51.2
	85 and over	276.4	7.7	247.2	7.7	351.9	29.0	475.2	74.6	522.0	54.0
Gender	Male	164.2	4.2	137.7	4.0	267.1	17.8	278.4	33.8	281.6	23.2
Gender	Female	305.9	7.0	255.2	6.2	523.4	29.9	318.6	34.2	596.4	52.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	329.3	13.7	249.6	9.9	469.2	35.2	453.7	76.7	603.5	74.2
	Second quartile	221.4	7.8	195.0	7.6	333.6	27.5	307.2	48.4	415.2	38.4
	Third quartile	223.5	8.2	197.5	8.0	356.2	27.2	329.4	48.7	399.7	39.8
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	210.8	10.0	192.7	9.6	423.7	39.8	227.4	37.3	282.4	26.6
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	319.6	18.5	221.7	14.2	511.8	50.0	327.0	46.7	565.4	69.9
	Large fringe metropolitan	244.9	15.0	219.5	14.1	433.4	41.5	196.1	30.8	395.3	49.3
	Medium metropolitan	191.9	14.3	172.3	13.7	265.4	30.2	285.5	71.0	322.5	46.3
	Small metropolitan	212.5	21.1	201.2	20.0	294.8	61.0	*	*	299.5	78.7
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	225.1	12.5	212.8	12.8	298.6	36.7	*	*	362.8	107.5
	Noncore (nonmetro)	223.5	10.9	212.3	10.8	376.9	46.7	*	*	326.9	87.1
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	270.7	14.6	195.9	9.1	541.2	66.5	254.7	48.7	1026.1	172.9
	Midwest	199.9	9.5	177.4	8.8	486.3	84.7	169.1	41.2	*	*
	South	278.8	10.0	253.1	10.3	335.9	21.9	*	*	427.3	61.1
	West	219.2	10.3	171.3	10.7	518.4	73.6	324.3	41.5	327.4	37.9

^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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2005. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, and WI.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_2-6: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_2-6.html