Persons with Hospital Stays in the Past Year (Archives, 1997-2015)

This database is no longer updated. See Related Databases.

This database presents data on hospital stays in the past year by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, poverty, citizenship status, region, disability status, insurance coverage, and metropolitan status.  Data are based on household interviews of the civilian non-institutionalized population.  Unless otherwise indicated, all data are presented in percent.  

• The race groups white, black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other PacificIslander, and 2 or more races, include persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Starting with 1999 data, race-specific estimates are tabulated according to the 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity and are not strictly comparable with estimates for earlier years. Single-race categories plus multiple-race categories shown in the table conform to the 1997 Standards. Starting with 1999 data, race-specific estimates are for persons who reported only one racial group; the category 2 or more races includes persons who reported more than one racial group. Prior to 1999, data were tabulated according to the 1977 Standards with four racial groups, and the Asian only category included Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Estimates for single-race categories prior to 1999 included persons who reported one race or, if they reported more than one race, identified one race as best representing their race.  Starting with 2003 data, race responses of other race and unspecified multiple race were treated as missing, and then race was imputed if these were the only race responses.
• Percent of poverty level is based on family income and family size and compositionusing U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds.  Missing family income data were imputed for 1997 and beyond.
• Health insurance categories are mutually exclusive. Persons who reportedboth Medicaid and private coverage are classified as having private coverage.  Starting with 1997 data, state-sponsored health plan coverage is included as Medicaid coverage. Starting with 1999 data, coverage by the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is i