Childhood Asthma Utilization Rates in a Nonsmoking Population of Utah Compared to State and National Rates

Table 1

Characteristics for the DMBA population from 1997–2002 for individuals less than 18 years of age that reside in Utah.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Combined
DMBA population	13,318	13,511	14,128	14,187	14,470	14,460	84,074
Asthma cases
0–4 years	46	56	63	60	81	95	401
5–11 years	104	111	124	114	124	135	612
12–17 years	131	142	148	117	163	155	856
Total	281	309	335	291	368	385	1,969
Mean age
All children	10.30	10.21	10.00	9.80	9.72	9.62	9.94
Asthma cases	10.23	10.39	10.05	9.77	9.79	9.46	9.95
Mean asthma Utilizations^a per individual	2.16	2.10	1.96	1.93	2.14	1.90	2.03

^aAny visit to a hospital, emergency department, outpatient hospital department, or a physician office.