QuickStats: Percentage of All Emergency Department (ED) Visits Made by Patients with Asthma, by Sex and Age Group — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States 2014–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of All Emergency Department (ED) Visits Made by Patients with Asthma, by Sex and Age Group — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States 2014–2015
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  During 2014-2015, patients who had asthma documented in the medical record accounted for 9.5% of all ED visits in the United States, with the highest percentage for children aged 5-17 years (13.6%), compared with 6.6% for children aged 0-4 years, 9.9% for adults aged 18-64 years, and 6.5% for those aged ≥65 years. Among those aged 0-4 years, boys were more likely than girls to have a visit with asthma recorded, but for the older age groups, 18-64 and ≥65, women with asthma documented were more likely than men to have an ED visit. The difference by sex for those aged 5-17 years was not statistically significant.
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 67(5):167
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0803de48a3ec87a5e9ec855c5496e8901fafbdea64b02be40d5624b86b8bada6554a695e29d64f3930d770b03f046edd62f0168911771627c1272590ac032734
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55109/cdc_55109_DS1.pdf
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