Healthcare Use Data 2013

Health care use asthma surveillance data tables include estimates for physician office visits from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), emergency department visits from  the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), and hospital inpatient stays from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) at the national level.

Table A. Physician office visits with asthma as the primary diagnosis per 10,000 population, by selected patient characteristics: United States, 2013
2013 Physician Office Visits
Characteristics Weighted No. of Visits Standard Error of Weighted No. of visits Rate* (SE)
Total 9,458,580 790,133 304.2     25.4
Child (aged 0-17 years)† 3,284,593 368,466 447.2 (50.2)
Adult (aged 18+ years)§ 6,173,987 645,334 260.0 (27.2)
Sex
   Male 3,851,506 384,699 253.5 (25.3)
   Female 5,607,074 563,023 352.6 (35.4)
Race, not considering ethnicity
   White 7,602095 705,589 314.2 (29.2)
   Black 1,335,128 181,499 331.7 (45.1)
   Other 521,358 126,546 181.3 (44.0)
Ethnicity
   Hispanic or Latino 1,368,202 257,875 256.1 (48.3)
   Not Hispanic or Latino 8,090,378 706,231 314.2 (27.4)
Age Group
   0-4 years 872,485 159,958 439.3 (80.5)
   5-17 years 2,412,108 280,360 450.2 (52.3)
   18-34 years 963,942 192,984 133.6 (26.7)
   35-64 years 3,607,353 426,563 295.9 (35.0)
   65+ years 1,427,224 225,213 328.8 (51.9)
U.S. Census Region
   Northeast 2,635,899 469,729 477.6 (85.1)
   Midwest 2,040,173 304,796 306.6 (45.8)
   South 3,014,938 453,351 259.8 (39.1)
   West 1,767,570 324,404 241.7 (44.4 )
MSA status
  MSA 8,862,328 776,363 330.4 (28.9)
  Non-MSA 596,252 159,908 139.7 (37.5 )

Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE, standard error.

*Crude rate per 10,000 population and SE, standard error.

†Rate of child emergency department visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for children aged 0-17 years and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for children aged 0-17 years per 10,000.

• Rate of adult physician office visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for adults aged 18+ years divided by the civilian non-institutionalized population for adults aged 18+ years per 10,000.

Estimate is suppressed because relative standard error (RSE) of the estimate is >30%.  ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS

Source: CDC/NCHS. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/about_ahcd.htm

Table B. Emergency department visits (ED) with asthma as the primary diagnosis per 10,000 population, by selected patient characteristics: United States, 2013
2013 Emergency Department (ED) Visits
Characteristics Weighted No. of Visits Standard Error of Weighted No. of visits Rate* (SE)
Total 1,631,391 168,953 52.5 ( 5.4)
Child (aged 0-17 years)† 630,474 120,203 85.8 (16.4)
Adult (aged 18+ years)§ 1,000,917 115,035 42.1 ( 4.8)
Sex
   Male 779,988 118,787 51.3 ( 7.8)
   Female 851,403 114,250 53.5 ( 7.2)
Race, not considering ethnicity
   White 941,532 134,318 38.9 ( 5.6)
   Black 603,005 83,069 149.8 (20.6)
   Other
Ethnicity
   Hispanic or Latino 304,009 59,285 56.9 (11.1)
   Not Hispanic or Latino 1,327,382 134,110 51.5 ( 5.2)
Age Group
   0–4 years 252,615 72,853 127.2 (36.7)
   5–17 years 377,859 68,853 70.5 (12.9)
   18–34 years 351,059 61,551 48.6 ( 8.5)
   35–64 years 515,612 74,849 42.3 ( 6.1)
   65+ years 93,541 26,427 21.5 ( 6.1)
U.S. Census Region
   Northeast 387,672 63,608 70.2 (11.5)
   Midwest 300,320 75,268 45.1 (11.3)
   South 587,348 96,143 50.6 ( 8.3)
   West 356,051 97,931 48.7 (13.4)
MSA status
  MSA 1,424,648 176,817 53.1 ( 6.6)
  Non-MSA

Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE, standard error.

*Crude rate per 10,000 population and SE, standard error.

†Rate of child emergency department visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for children aged 0-17 years and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for children aged 0-17 years per 10,000.

Rate of adult emergency department visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for adults aged 18+ years divided by the civilian non-institutionalized population for adults aged 18+ years per 10,000.

Estimate is suppressed because relative standard error (RSE) of the estimate is >30%.

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NHAMCS

Source: CDC/NCHS. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/about_ahcd.htm

Table C. Number and rate of hospital inpatient stays with asthma as the primary diagnosis per 10,000 population, by selected patient characteristics: United States, 2013
2013 Hospital Inpatient Stays
Characteristics Weighted No. of Visits Rate*
Total 347,190 11.0
Child (aged 0-17 years) 100,765 13.7
Adult (aged 18+ years) § 246,255 10.2
Sex
   Male 133,320 8.6
   Female 213,830 13.3
Age Group
   <1 year 4,050 10.3
   1-17 years 96,715 13.9
   18-44 years 59,840 5.2
   45-64 years 104,560 12.6
   65-84 years 67,260 17.4
   85+ years 14,595 24.2
U.S. Census Region
   Northeast 84,720 15.1
   Midwest 75,875 12.2
   South 129,355 10.9
   West 57,240 7.7
MSA status
  MSA 300,475 11.2
  Non-MSA 45,075 10.6

Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

*Crude rate per 10,000 population (Standard error (SE) is not available).

†Rate of child hospital inpatient stays was calculated using the weighted number of visits for children aged 0-17 years and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for children aged 0-17 years per 10,000.

Rate of adult hospital visits was calculated using the weighted number of visits for adults aged 18+ years divided by the civilian non-institutionalized population for adults aged 18+ years per 10,000.

Rate of MSA hospital inpatient stays was calculated by combining the weighted number of visits for large central metro, large fringe metro (suburbs), medium and small metro categories and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for MSA per 10,000.Rate of non-MSA hospital inpatient stays was calculated using the weighted number of visits for the micropolitan and noncore (rural) category and dividing it by the civilian non-institutionalized population for non- MSA per 10,000.

SOURCE: HCUPnet, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/. For more information about HCUP data see http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/