Table 8_3_2-7

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_3_2.7
Pediatric asthma admissions (excluding patients with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 2-17, by State, 2000, 2004-2007
	2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
United States	134.8	10.4	144.1	10.5	164.9	15.9	155.5	12.4	164.5	11.5
Arizona	132.0	3.0	123.1	2.9	119.7	2.9	131.1	3.1	132.9	3.7
Arkansas	104.3	4.2	105.1	4.2	109.3	4.2	116.9	4.4	DNC	DNC
California	81.9	1.0	92.3	1.0	98.2	1.1	104.9	1.1	140.5	1.3
Colorado	139.6	3.7	186.6	7.5	135.5	3.6	167.1	4.0	138.4	3.7
Connecticut	156.4	4.7	172.4	5.0	149.1	4.7	148.9	4.5	143.9	4.5
Florida	146.8	2.0	147.2	2.0	156.9	2.1	183.0	2.3	204.1	2.6
Georgia	117.3	2.4	116.1	2.4	147.0	2.7	144.6	2.7	125.6	2.6
Hawaii	52.6	4.3	61.0	4.7	81.0	6.1	87.7	5.7	97.5	6.0
Illinois	114.7	2.0	131.4	2.1	124.2	2.1	128.8	2.1	210.6	2.7
Indiana	99.5	2.7	99.1	2.7	106.9	2.8	122.1	2.9	DNC	DNC
Iowa	74.1	3.5	65.7	3.3	81.0	3.7	81.2	3.7	107.4	4.0
Kansas	172.3	6.4	171.3	6.5	139.7	5.2	147.2	5.4	127.9	4.8
Kentucky	173.3	4.6	174.1	4.5	203.6	4.9	212.7	5.1	162.5	4.4
Maine	65.9	5.3	78.4	5.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	84.2	5.5
Maryland	168.1	3.7	163.2	3.6	143.8	3.4	160.8	3.6	168.3	3.8
Massachusetts	166.8	3.7	154.6	3.5	125.5	3.1	143.3	3.4	129.3	3.2
Michigan	144.2	2.6	151.6	2.6	188.1	2.9	174.9	2.8	204.8	3.0
Minnesota	125.7	3.5	103.1	3.2	102.2	3.2	121.6	3.5	DNC	DNC
Missouri	173.4	3.8	173.3	3.8	167.2	3.7	171.3	3.7	254.6	5.4
Nebraska	89.1	4.8	75.1	4.5	100.0	5.4	102.1	5.6	DNC	DNC
Nevada	96.8	4.1	89.8	4.0	107.4	4.4	125.4	4.8	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	66.7	5.1	61.8	4.9	56.5	4.6	54.4	4.5	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	174.3	3.0	176.4	3.0	155.8	2.9	175.8	3.0	179.6	3.2
New York	228.4	2.4	251.0	2.5	253.5	2.5	283.8	2.6	262.5	2.5
North Carolina	123.2	2.5	109.5	2.4	124.5	2.6	130.6	2.7	153.6	3.1
Ohio	129.9	2.4	128.7	2.4	135.3	2.4	113.8	2.2	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	196.3	5.2	181.6	4.9	157.7	4.5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	50.2	2.6	44.1	2.4	48.6	2.5	48.5	2.5	59.5	2.8
Rhode Island	155.5	8.6	139.1	8.2	143.8	8.2	154.0	8.6	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	174.0	4.4	150.4	4.1	167.8	4.4	192.2	5.3	188.6	4.8
South Dakota	DNC	DNC	85.4	8.4	73.0	7.2	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	144.1	3.6	146.1	3.6	154.1	3.6	155.7	3.5	183.4	3.9
Texas	144.0	1.7	163.0	1.8	138.6	1.9	159.5	1.9	175.5	2.4
Utah	65.3	3.1	74.0	3.3	81.6	3.5	80.5	3.5	57.2	2.9
Vermont	45.5	6.5	46.2	6.4	50.2	6.6	43.1	6.1	DNC	DNC
Virginia	144.2	3.0	136.2	2.9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	178.2	3.4
Washington	90.5	2.6	90.3	2.6	114.5	2.9	92.3	2.6	122.8	3.0
West Virginia	170.3	7.2	165.3	7.0	148.7	6.6	171.4	7.3	165.6	6.8
Wisconsin	93.1	2.9	100.8	3.0	109.1	3.1	100.4	2.9	129.6	3.2
Wyoming	201.1	14.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^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).� 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_2-7: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_2-7.html