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Legend Colors

Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change  from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

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Asthma Hospital Admission Rate

State: Kansas
Measurement Period: 2018-2020

This indicator shows the rate of hospital admissions for asthma per 10,000 population in an area.

Why is this important?

Asthma is a condition in which a person's air passages become inflamed, and the narrowing of the respiratory passages makes it difficult to breathe. Asthma affects both children and adults. Asthma in the United States has increased and is one of the most common chronic diseases.
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State: Kansas

3.0
per 10,000 population
Source: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Measurement period: 2018-2020
Maintained by: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Last update: February 2022
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Technical note: The Hospital Admission Indicators shown are based on ICD10-CM codes. Previous years’ data has been removed as the data was based on ICD9-CM codes, which are incompatible with ICD10-CM codes and cannot be compared.
More details:
Hospital Admission data prior to 2016 can be viewed on the Kansas Information for Communities website located at the following link: http://kic.kdheks.gov/index.html 

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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Filed under: Health / Respiratory Diseases, Health Outcomes, Infants, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults

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