Iowa Asthma Hospitalizations
Description
This dataset contains case counts of asthma inpatient hospitalizations among Iowa residents. These include incidents of asthma attacks, obstructive lung disease, and reactive airway disease. The data are stratified by county of residence, age group, and gender. The data contained in this dataset is collected by the Iowa Hospital Association on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Health in accordance with Iowa Code section 135.166. This dataset contains confidential information. Small numbers suppression has been applied to data available to the public. The hospital admissions data present state hospital discharge data which reflects more severe exacerbations of asthma. Persons who have to stay in the hospital because of asthma usually have more severe attacks than persons with asthma symptoms who are not hospitalized. This dataset is using hospital admission dates while other public health programs use the hospital discharge dates to count asthma cases. This may cause a difference in asthma rates between this dataset and other public health Web sites.
Resources
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https://tracking.idph.iowa.gov/Health/Asthma/hospitalizations-asthma |
Tags
- reactive-airway-disease
- asthma-hospital-admissions
- asthma
- health-outcome
- respiratory-disease
- respiratory-disorders
- disease-of-respiratory-system
- asthma-hospitalizations
- asthma-attack
- obstructive-lung-disease
- health-effects