Asthma was identified using The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 113 selected causes asthma definition. All ED encounters are included in the presented data, which includes those that were treat and release visits, as well as those that resulted in hospital admission. Age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population. As of October 1, 2015, the U.S. is currently using the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) to code hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Prior to the change, asthma hospitalizations and emergency department visits were defined as having an ICD-9 primary diagnosis code of 493. In the ICD-10 classification, asthma is defined using the J45 code. Comparison of data prior to the code change may not be appropriate.
Data Source
Emergency Department Encounter Database, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Rate: Emergency department visits due to asthma per 10,000 Utah residents. [[br]]
Number: Emergency department visits due to asthma.
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
Rate/Number: Number of emergency department visits among the Utah population with asthma as the principle diagnosis.
Denominator:
Rate: Utah Population. [[br]]
Number: Not applicable.
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 05/24/2023
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