Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Hospitalizations for Asthma in Maryland: 2000 to 2012
| Â | Hospitalizations-No. (%) | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Segmented by Seasona | Â | |||
Characteristic | Winter (n = 30,436) | Spring (n = 31,103) | Summer (n = 20,776) | Autumn (n = 33,608) | Total (n = 115,923) |
Genderb | |||||
 Female | 19,326 (64) | 18,954 (61) | 13,081 (63) | 19,334 (58) | 70,695 (61) |
 Male | 11,110 (36) | 12,148 (39) | 7,695 (37) | 14,273 (42) | 45,226 (39) |
Age at hospitalization, median (IQR), yrsc | 47 (20–62) | 44 (12–60) | 47 (27–61) | 37 (7–55) | 44 (12–60) |
Age Groupd | |||||
 ≤4 | 4,397 (15) | 4,841 (16) | 2,663 (13) | 6,142 (18) | 18,043 (16) |
 5 to 17 | 3,350 (11) | 4,669 (15) | 1,846 (9) | 6,784 (20) | 16,649 (14) |
 18 to 64 | 16,256 (53) | 15,400 (50) | 11,993 (58) | 15,813 (47) | 59,462 (51) |
 ≥65 | 6,433 (21) | 6,192 (20) | 4,274 (21) | 4,869 (15) | 21,768 (19) |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||
 Non-Hispanic White | 13,320 (44) | 12,930 (42) | 8,132 (39) | 12,769 (38) | 47,151 (41) |
 Non-Hispanic Black | 14,513 (48) | 15,296 (49) | 10,913 (53) | 17,625 (52) | 58,347 (50) |
 Hispanic | 754 (3) | 879 (3) | 446 (2) | 968 (3) | 3,047 (3) |
 Other | 860 (3) | 957 (3) | 545 (3) | 1,117 (3) | 3,479 (3) |
 Unknown | 989 (3) | 1,041 (3) | 740 (4) | 1,129 (3) | 3,899 (3) |