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 Hospitalization for Asthma
Usually, people with asthma who properly manage and control their disease do not need to be hospitalized for asthma. Sometimes however, even people with good overall care need to be hospitalized for asthma. In Oregon in 1999, there were more than 2,300 hospitalizations for asthma. The "annual rate of hospitalization for asthma" is the number of hospitalizations for asthma during one year, divided by the state?s population for that year. Currently, the annual rate of hospitalizations for asthma in Oregon is 7.0 per 10,000. Among all Oregonians, rates of hospitalizations are highest in young children and in older adults.
The rates of hospitalizations for asthma vary according to age and sex. For children ages 10 and younger, hospitalization rates are highest among males. After age 14 however, hospitalization rates are higher among females. The reason why adult women with asthma have higher hospitalization rates than adult men with asthma remains unclear.
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