Black children were one-third more likely than white children to be hospitalized for a ruptured appendix in 2006

The hospital admission rate of black children for a ruptured appendix in 2006 was 365 per 1,000 admissions, compared with 276 per 1,000 admissions for white children. Hispanic children had the second-highest rate, 344.5 per 1,000 admissions followed by Asian and Pacific Island children, at 329 per 1,000 admissions. At all income levels, black and Hispanic children had higher ruptured appendix rates than white children.