Healthcare Use Data 2015
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.
| 2015 Physician Office Visits | |||
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of visits | Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,628,556 | 2,135,953 | 304.4 (67.5) |
| Child (aged 0-17 years)† | 2,876,461 | 764,302 | 391.3 (104.0) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 6,752,095 | 1,809,157 | 278.1 (74.5) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 5,115,288 | 1,270,412 | 331.0 (82.2) |
| Female | 4,513,268 | 1,275,410 | 279.1 (78.9) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 6,504,120 | 1,695,526 | 266.3 (69.4) |
| Black¶ | — | — | — |
| Other¶ | — | — | — |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino¶ | — | — | — |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 8,071,727 | 1,924,367 | 310.0 (73.9) |
| Age Group | |||
| 0-4 years¶ | — | — | — |
| 5-17 years | 2,177,473 | 643,529 | 406.2 (120.1) |
| 18-34 years¶ | — | — | — |
| 35 – 64 years¶ | — | — | — |
| 65+ yearsꝉ | — | — | — |
| U.S. Census Region | |||
| Northeast¶ | — | — | — |
| Midwest | 1,151,243 | 286,373 | 172.0 (42.8) |
| South¶ | — | — | — |
| West¶ | — | — | — |
| MSA status | |||
| MSA | 9,116,204 | 2,119,267 | 329.7 (76.6) |
| Non-MSA¶ | — | — | — |
Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE, standard error.
*Crude rate per 10,000 population and SE, standard error.
†Rate of child physician office 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
| 2015 Emergency Department (ED) Visits | |||
| Characteristics | Weighted No. of Visits | Standard Error of Weighted No. of visits | Rate* (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,738,752 | 229,178 | 55.0 ( 7.2) |
| Child (aged 0-17 years)† | 904,847 | 196,788 | 123.1 (26.8) |
| Adult (aged 18+ years)§ | 833,905 | 103,684 | 34.3 ( 4.3) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 975,318 | 171,838 | 63.1 (11.1) |
| Female | 763,434 | 90,298 | 47.2 ( 5.6) |
| Race, not considering ethnicity | |||
| White | 925,815 | 133,473 | 37.9 ( 5.5) |
| Black | 742,491 | 120,022 | 179.9 (29.1) |
| Other¶ | — | — | — |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 393,842 | 92,340 | 70.4 (16.5) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,344,910 | 179,226 | 51.7 ( 6.9) |
| Age Group | |||
| 0–4 years¶ | — | — | — |
| 5–17 years | 646,640 | 158,790 | 120.6 (29.6) |
| 18–34 years | 298,545 | 61,287 | 40.8 ( 8.4) |
| 35–64 years | 472,941 | 66,948 | 38.4 ( 5.4) |
| 65+ years¶ | — | — | — |
| U.S. Census Region | |||
| Northeast | 416,289 | 111,453 | 74.9 (20.1) |
| Midwest¶ | — | — | — |
| South | 678,378 | 145,804 | 57.1 (12.3) |
| West | 246,935 | 54,518 | 33.0 ( 7.3) |
| MSA status | |||
| MSA | 1,562,780 | 229,903 | 56.5 ( 8.3) |
| 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. 2015 data on Hospital inpatient stays with asthma is not presented because an asthma hospital inpatient stay with asthma as the primary diagnosis was defined using ICD-9-CM diagnosis code of 493 until October 2015 and ICD-10-CM diagnosis code of J45 in October 2015 and after.
