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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Oct 18;133:242–252. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.032

Table 8.

2008-2010 Compared to Projected 2040-2050 Hospital Admissions, Treatment Costs, and Social Sub-Groups Disease Rates for Asthma at the State-Level

2008-2010 2040-2050
Incidence1 517.51 544.01
Total Charges2 $3,416,051,022 $3,590,952,834
Mean Charges2 $26,251 $27,595
Social Sub-Groups Asthma Rates3
Black 935.02 982.89
Hispanic 401.18 421.72
White non-Hispanic 455.71 479.04
Insured 579.13 608.78
Uninsured 322.48 338.99
1

Incidence is per 100,000 at the State-Level, and population is held constant.

2

Charges are treatment costs and are in un-adjusted US dollars.

3

Disease rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 population, and population is held constant.