Table 6 Hospital admission rate, 1998–2018
Hospital admission rate (%) | Standardized hospital admission rate (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | |
Urban | 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
Rural | 2.3 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 13.3 |
East | 2.2 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 9.7 |
Central | 2.9 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 13.0 |
West | 2.8 | 3.9 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 15.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 14.1 |
Northeast | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 10.1 |
Highest income | 2.9 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 12.3 |
Higher income | 2.4 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 13.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 12.2 |
Lower income | 2.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 11.8 |
Lowest income | 2.7 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 16.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 12.4 |
Non-poverty | 2.6 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 11.2 |
Poverty | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 22.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 16.9 |
All | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 12.1 |