T6_4_14_3_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_14.3_1
Children ages 10-19 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		749,655	59.8	5.7
Gender	Female	406,562	66.4	8.0
	Male	343,093	53.5	8.0
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	290,076	147.0	21.2
	White only	447,879	46.7	6.2
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	146,582	64.9	13.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	603,073	58.7	6.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	274,451	146.1	21.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	320,437	42.6	6.7
Health insurance	Insured	612,692	56.2	6.0
	Private	317,753	39.8	6.3
	Public	294,939	101.0	14.3
	Uninsured	110,299	70.6	15.4

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_3_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_3_1.html