Florida resident inpatient hospitalizations due to asthma and that were potentially avoidable, occurring at civilian, non-federal hospitals located in Florida, among people less than 65 years old. Nationally, the prevalence of asthma has increased since 1980. However, deaths from asthma have decreased since the mid-1990s. The causes of asthma are an active area of research and involve both genetic and environmental factors.This indicator has been identified as an ambulatory care sensitive condition, a type of hospitalization that might have been avoided through access to high-quality outpatient care. Timely and effective ambulatory (outpatient) care can decrease hospitalizations by preventing the onset of an illness or condition, controlling an acute episode of an illness or managing a chronic disease or condition. High rates of Ambulatory Care Sensitive hospitalizations in a community may indicate a lack or failure of prevention efforts, a primary care resource shortage, poor performance of primary health care delivery systems or other factors that create barriers to timely and effective care. Ambulatory care sensitive conditions are helpful when assessing community health needs.
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Florida
CountyYearCount/RateRace/Ethnicity
Race/EthnicityYear
Age-adjusted Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations From Asthma (Aged 0-64 Years), Rate Per 100,000 Population Under 65, Single Year|
2022 | 190 | | 7,779 | |
2021 | 190 | | 6,860 | |
2020 | 144 | | 6,301 | |
2019 | 198 | | 10,432 | |
2018 | 219 | | 11,420 | |
2017 | 290 | | 11,780 | |
2016 | 272 | | 13,048 | |
2015 | 381 | | 17,389 | |
2014 | 432 | | 20,296 | |
2013 | 401 | | 20,998 | |
2012 | 322 | | 21,101 | |
2011 | 283 | | 21,340 | |
2010 | 220 | | 22,117 | |
2009 | 239 | | 22,180 | |
2008 | 239 | | 20,083 | |
2007 | 240 | | 20,219 | |
2006 | 205 | | 19,834 | |
2005 | 211 | | 20,494 | |
2004 | 196 | | 21,296 | |
2003 | 244 | | 22,644 | |