T6_4_14_1_1

2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 6_4_14.1_1
Children ages 2-19 with hospital emergency department visit for asthma per 10,000 population, United States, 2005-2007
		2005-2007
Population group		Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE
Total		1,797,658	81.3	6.1
Gender	Female	822,536	76.2	6.9
	Male	975,122	86.2	7.8
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	684,984	200.8	21.0
	White only	1,062,614	62.9	6.1
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	403,336	93.5	14.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	1,394,322	78.4	6.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	646,268	199.2	21.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	708,934	54.8	6.2
Health insurance	Insured	1,485,366	75.4	5.7
	Private	644,052	47.3	5.1
	Public	841,314	138.2	14.0
	Uninsured	179,696	74.8	14.3

DSU - 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.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T6_4_14_1_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_4_14_1_1.html