TY  - JOUR
AU  - Binney, Sophie
AU  - Flanders, W. Dana
AU  - Sircar, Kanta
AU  - Idubor, Osatohamwen
PY  - 2024
TI  - Trends in US Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012-2020
T2  - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO  - Prev Chronic Dis
SP  - E71
VL  - 21
CY  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2  - INTRODUCTION  Some racial and ethnic minority communities have long faced a higher asthma burden than non-Hispanic White communities. Prior research on racial and ethnic pediatric asthma disparities found stable or increasing disparities, but more recent data allow for updated analysis of these trends. METHODS  Using 2012-2020 National Inpatient Sample data, we estimated the number of pediatric asthma hospitalizations by sex, age, and race and ethnicity. We converted these estimates into rates using data from the US Census Bureau and then conducted meta-regression to assess changes over time. Because the analysis spanned a 2015 change in diagnostic coding, we performed separate analyses for periods before and after the change. We also excluded 2020 data from the regression analysis. RESULTS  The number of pediatric asthma hospitalizations decreased over the analysis period. Non-Hispanic Black children had the highest prevalence (range, 9.8-36.7 hospitalizations per 10,000 children), whereas prevalence was lowest among non-Hispanic White children (range, 2.2-9.4 hospitalizations per 10,000 children). Although some evidence suggests that race-specific trends varied modestly across groups, results overall were consistent with a similar rate of decrease across all groups (2012-2015, slope = -0.83 [95% CI, -1.14 to -0.52]; 2016-2019, slope = -0.35 [95% CI, -0.58 to -0.12]). CONCLUSION  Non-Hispanic Black children remain disproportionately burdened by asthma-related hospitalizations. Although the prevalence of asthma hospitalization is decreasing among all racial and ethnic groups, the rates of decline are similar across groups. Therefore, previously identified disparities persist. Interventions that consider the specific needs of members of disproportionately affected groups may reduce these disparities.
SN  - 1545-1151
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd21.240049
DO  - 10.5888/pcd21.240049
ER  -