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Table 77a: Hospital admissions for asthma per 10,000 population age 18 and over^a, by race, United States, 2001

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE

Total	12.5	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	21.4	2.1	8.0	0.6

Age (not age adjusted)
18-64	10.7	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	20.1	2.6	6.5	0.7
65 and over	21.4	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	24.8	4.6	15.3	1.8

Gender
Female	17.6	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	28.5	3.1	11.4	1.0
Male	6.8	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	12.5	1.9	4.1	0.5

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

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Table 77a: Hospital admissions for asthma per 10,000 population age 18 and overa, by race, United States, 2001

Table 77a: Hospital admissions for asthma per 10,000 population age 18 and over^a, by race, United States, 2001