This statistic displays the top major diagnostic categories, excluding newborns, for hospital stays among U.S. children, aged 0 to 17 years, in 2012. During this year, 234,000 hospital stays among children were due to the digestive system. Hospitalizations among children seem to have become more common among children with chronic conditions. Majority of hospitalizations among children were infants and newborns.
Top major diagnostic categories for hospital stays among U.S. children in 2012 (in 1,000)*
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AHRQ. (December 2, 2014). Top major diagnostic categories for hospital stays among U.S. children in 2012 (in 1,000)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/376600/top-diagnostic-categories-in-hospital-stays-in-us-children/
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AHRQ. (2014). Top major diagnostic categories for hospital stays among U.S. children in 2012 (in 1,000)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/376600/top-diagnostic-categories-in-hospital-stays-in-us-children/
AHRQ. "Top Major Diagnostic Categories for Hospital Stays among U.S. Children in 2012 (in 1,000)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Dec 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/376600/top-diagnostic-categories-in-hospital-stays-in-us-children/
AHRQ, Top major diagnostic categories for hospital stays among U.S. children in 2012 (in 1,000)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/376600/top-diagnostic-categories-in-hospital-stays-in-us-children/ (last visited March 13, 2025)
Top major diagnostic categories for hospital stays among U.S. children in 2012 (in 1,000)* [Graph], AHRQ, December 2, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/376600/top-diagnostic-categories-in-hospital-stays-in-us-children/
