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Appendix 2: Statistical tables

Asthma by Indigenous status [back to top]

Table A2.1: Prevalence of current asthma, by age, sex and Indigenous status, 2004–05

Indigenous status/sex/age (years)	Estimated number of people with current asthma	Estimated total people	Age standardised per cent of people with current asthma	95% confidence interval
Indigenous
Males
0–14	14,349	92,767	15.5	12.8–18.2
15–34	8,114	78,404	10.7	8.1–13.3
35–54	3,450	45,998	7.4	5.4–9.4
55 and over	2,644	15,193	18.7	9.4–27.9
All ages	28,557	232,362	12.5	10.2–14.8
Females
0–14	10,831	87,902	12.4	9.9–15.0
15–34	16,784	83,435	20.2	17.0–23.3
35–54	11,543	52,637	23.2	19.6–26.8
55 and over	3,795	17,974	22.2	15.2–29.3
All ages	42,953	241,948	19.9	17.8–22.0
Persons
0–14	25,180	180,669	14.0	12.1–15.9
15–34	24,898	161,839	15.6	13.6–17.6
35–54	14,993	98,635	15.7	13.6–17.9
55 and over	6,439	33,167	20.7	14.8–26.7
All ages	71,510	474,310	16.5	14.9–18.1

Non-Indigenous
Males
0–14	246,253	1,934,058	12.7	11.1–14.3
15–34	251,917	2,716,272	9.2	8.0–10.5
35–54	193,299	2,779,807	7.0	6.0–7.9
55 and over	166,798	2,170,272	7.7	6.5–8.9
All ages	858,268	9,600,410	9.0	8.3–9.6
Females
0–14	179,743	1,825,952	9.8	8.3–11.4
15–34	370,248	2,681,281	13.8	12.3–15.2
35–54	305,051	2,825,338	10.8	9.5–12.1
55 and over	246,490	2,359,405	10.5	9.3–11.7
All ages	1,101,532	9,691,976	11.4	10.7–12.1
Persons
0–14	425,996	3,760,011	11.3	10.0–12.6
15–34	622,165	5,397,553	11.5	10.6–12.4
35–54	498,350	5,605,145	8.9	8.1–9.7
55 and over	413,288	4,529,677	9.2	8.3–10.0
All ages	1,959,800	19,292,386	10.2	9.7–10.7

Note: Current asthma based on a positive response to ‘Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have asthma?’ and ‘Do you still get asthma?’ Prevalence rates were age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Source: Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (ACAM) analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and National Health Survey (NHS) 2004–05, expanded confidentialised unit record files, Remote Access Data Laboratory.

Table A2.2: Prevalence of current asthma, by age and indigenous status, children aged 0–17 years, 2004–05

Indigenous status/age	Estimated number of children with current asthma	Estimated total children	Age standardised per cent of children with current asthma	95% confidence interval
Indigenous
0–1	2,106	21,952	9.3	5.0–13.7
2–4	4,844	38,231	12.7	9.0–16.4
5–11	12,146	85,921	14.1	11.5–16.8
12–17	9,941	69,909	14.4	11.5–17.3
0–17 years	29,037	216,013	13.5	11.9–15.1
Non-Indigenous
0–1	14,869	481,057	3.1	1.6–4.7
2–4	71,435	716,981	9.9	7.4–12.5
5–11	244,337	1,837,418	13.2	11.2–15.1
12–17	182,205	1,503,676	12.1	10.2–14.0
0–17 years	512,845	4,539,131	11.2	10.1–12.3

Notes: Current asthma based on a positive response to ‘Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have asthma?’ and ‘Do you still get asthma?’ Prevalence rates were age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Table A2.3: Prevalence of current asthma, by age and indigenous status, children aged 0–17 years, 2004–0

	Rate (95% confidence interval)
	Indigenous		Other Australians
0–4 years	1,350.5	(1,257.5–1,448.6)	1,095.8	(1,076.9–1,114.8)
5–14 years	315.4	(283.9–349.4)	272.2	(265.8–278.8)
15–34 years	182.7	(161.5–205.9)	91.3	(88.7–93.9)
35–54 years	498.4	(453.8–546.1)	85.8	(83.4–88.3)
55 years and over	586.5	(502.6–682.8)	120.0	(116.8–123.2)
All ages	458.6	(433.5–484.6)	187.6	(185.6–189.6)

Notes: Asthma classified according to International Statistical Classification for Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) codes J45 and J46. Separations for which the care type was reported as Newborn with no qualified days, and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database

Table A2.4: Hospital patient days for asthma per 100,000 population, by age group and Indigenous status, Australia, 2005–06

Age group	Indigenous	Other Australians
0–4 years	2,347.0	1,573.0
5–14 years	573.4	449.2
15–34 years	413.8	193.6
35–54 years	1,426.5	251.3
55 years and over	1,980.0	565.3
All ages (95% CI)	1,201.7 (1,156.1–1,248.2)	418.7 (415.8–421.7)

Note: Separations for which the care type was reported as Newborn with no qualified days, and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded. CI = confidence interval.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.

Prevalence [back to top]

Table A2.5: Prevalence of ever having doctor–diagnosed asthma, by age group and sex, all ages, Australia, 2004–05

Sex/age (years)	Estimated number of people with ever doctor–diagnosed asthma	Estimated total people	Age–standardised per cent of people with ever doctor–diagnosed asthma	95% confidence interval
Males
0–4	75,430	639,728	12.3	9.7–14.8
5–9	160,798	668,051	24.2	20.8–27.5
10–14	225,927	703,098	32.0	28.4–35.7
15–24	417,099	1,376,891	30.3	27.8–32.8
25–34	306,853	1,396,464	21.8	19.6–24.0
35–44	236,634	1,468,265	18.2	16.3–20.2
45–54	194,557	1,351,290	14.4	12.6–16.4
55–64	125,119	1,064,419	11.8	9.9–13.8
65–74	102,600	659,396	15.2	12.6–17.9
75 and over	60,743	460,844	13.2	10.9–15.6
All ages	1,905,755	9,788,447	19.7	18.7–20.7
Females
0–4	62,924	607,481	10.1	7.7–12.4
5–9	125,241	635,807	19.7	16.5–22.8
10–14	149,731	666,427	22.6	19.4–25.9
15–24	388,031	1,316,076	29.6	27.1–32.2
25–34	362,650	1,417,181	25.5	23.2–27.9
35–44	314,638	1,490,967	23.7	21.6–25.9
45–54	277,997	1,383,535	20.2	18.0–22.4
55–64	185,945	1,055,806	17.5	15.2–19.8
65–74	127,654	694,274	18.5	15.6–21.3
75 and over	78,909	625,537	12.6	10.4–14.7
All ages	2,073,720	9,893,092	20.6	19.6–21.6

Notes: ‘Ever asthma’ based on a positive response to ‘Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have asthma?’ Prevalence rates were age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Source: Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (ACAM) analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey 2004–05 confidentialised unit record files

Table A2.6: Current prevalence of probable asthma, by age group and sex, all ages, Australia, 2004–05

Age/sex	Estimated number of people with current asthma	Estimated total people	Age-standardised per cent of people with current asthma	95% confidence interval
Males
0–4	50,000	639,726	8.1	6.0–10.2
5–9	87,617	668,051	13.0	10.4–15.5
10–14	120,489	703,099	16.8	13.9–19.6
15–24	144,882	1,376,889	10.6	9.0–12.3
25–34	112,098	1,396,463	8.0	6.6–9.4
35–44	100,221	1,468,265	7.7	6.4–9.0
45–54	94,544	1,351,290	7.0	5.6–8.3
55–64	74,531	1,064,417	7.0	5.5–8.5
65–74	58,515	659,397	8.6	6.6–10.7
75 and over	33,753	460,844	7.3	5.0–9.7
All ages	876,649	9,788,440	8.9	8.3–9.5
Females
0–4	40,330	607,482	6.5	4.6–8.4
5–9	76,567	635,805	12.0	9.5–14.5
10–14	73,901	666,425	11.2	8.7–13.6
15–24	188,227	1,316,076	14.4	12.4–16.3
25–34	189,381	1,417,183	13.4	11.5–15.2
35–44	160,193	1,490,966	12.1	10.5–13.7
45–54	157,260	1,383,537	11.4	9.7–13.1
55–64	110,575	1,055,806	10.5	8.6–12.3
65–74	85,370	694,273	12.4	10.0–14.8
75 and over	51,756	625,538	8.3	6.2–10.5
All ages	1,133,560	9,893,091	11.5	10.8–12.2

Source: Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (ACAM) analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey 2004–05 expanded confidentialised unit record files.

Mortality [back to top]

Table A2.7: Deaths due to astha, by sex, all ages, Australia, 1979–2006

	Males				Females
Year	Deaths due to asthma	Population	Age standardised rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval	Deaths due to asthma	Population	Age standardised rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
1979	177	7,253,762	3.21	2.69–3.77	164	7,261,967	2.60	2.20–3.03
1980	201	7,338,060	3.75	3.19–4.37	225	7,357,296	3.49	3.04–3.98
1981	213	7,448,267	3.75	3.21–4.33	213	7,474,993	3.07	2.67–3.52
1982	224	7,580,914	3.94	3.39–4.54	234	7,603,333	3.46	3.02–3.94
1983	236	7,686,346	3.96	3.43–4.53	249	7,707,126	3.52	3.08–3.98
1984	264	7,778,212	4.15	3.63–4.71	257	7,801,179	3.61	3.17–4.08
1985	295	7,882,728	5.05	4.42–5.72	337	7,905,584	4.55	4.07–5.07
1986	315	8,000,187	4.88	4.31–5.49	301	8,018,163	3.97	3.53–4.45
1987	296	8,118,255	4.53	3.99–5.11	363	8,145,619	4.72	4.24–5.23
1988	297	8,248,945	4.51	3.98–5.10	341	8,283,219	4.40	3.94–4.89
1989	334	8,387,589	5.01	4.45–5.60	402	8,426,827	5.01	4.52–5.52
1990	294	8,511,269	4.36	3.84–4.92	335	8,553,859	4.10	3.67–4.57
1991	255	8,615,409	3.73	3.25–4.24	314	8,668,627	3.72	3.31–4.16
1992	253	8,716,147	3.65	3.19–4.14	310	8,778,517	3.63	3.23–4.06
1993	250	8,797,915	3.54	3.09–4.03	336	8,869,178	3.83	3.43–4.27
1994	245	8,888,066	3.66	3.19–4.17	365	8,966,672	4.04	3.64–4.48
1995	212	8,993,604	2.86	2.47–3.29	341	9,078,154	3.68	3.30–4.09
1996	223	9,108,055	3.05	2.64–3.49	314	9,202,659	3.32	2.96–3.71
1997	207	9,203,171	2.71	2.34–3.12	292	9,314,393	2.97	2.64–3.33
1998	187	9,294,674	2.34	2.01–2.71	294	9,416,597	2.94	2.62–3.30
1999	160	9,396,548	2.02	1.71–2.37	264	9,529,307	2.58	2.28–2.92
2000	169	9,505,331	2.00	1.71–2.33	285	9,648,049	2.71	2.40–3.05
2001	175	9,630,652	2.00	1.71–2.32	247	9,782,588	2.27	1.99–2.57
2002	158	9,756,969	1.90	1.61–2.23	239	9,897,906	2.14	1.88–2.43
2003	108	9,882,364	1.23	1.00–1.49	206	10,020,374	1.76	1.53–2.02
2004	108	10,005,472	1.20	0.98–1.45	205	10,134,320	1.72	1.49–1.97
2005	108	10,144,053	1.15	0.94–1.39	210	10,265,093	1.69	1.47–1.94
2006	139	10,290,338	1.52	1.27–1.79	263	10,411,150	2.03	1.79–2.30

Sources: AIHW National Mortality Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Table A2.8: Deaths due to asthma, by sex, people aged 5–34 years, Australia, 1979–2006

	Males				Females
Year	Deaths due to asthma	Population	Age standardised rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval	Deaths due to asthma	Population	Age standardised rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
1979	39	3,801,424	1.04	0.74–1.42	26	3,666,212	0.71	0.46–1.04
1980	40	3,838,662	1.04	0.75–1.42	31	3,707,242	0.84	0.57–1.19
1981	37	3,886,621	0.97	0.68–1.33	47	3,755,136	1.25	0.92–1.66
1982	39	3,913,365	0.98	0.70–1.34	40	3,780,951	1.08	0.77–1.48
1983	41	3,925,054	1.06	0.76–1.44	32	3,794,433	0.85	0.58–1.20
1984	58	3,929,234	1.45	1.10–1.88	41	3,799,641	1.08	0.77–1.46
1985	50	3,941,760	1.27	0.94–1.67	56	3,810,544	1.44	1.09–1.87
1986	62	3,963,505	1.52	1.16–1.95	55	3,829,133	1.41	1.06–1.84
1987	55	3,993,308	1.37	1.03–1.79	55	3,862,446	1.40	1.05–1.82
1988	52	4,031,302	1.27	0.95–1.67	40	3,900,786	1.01	0.72–1.38
1989	54	4,071,700	1.31	0.98–1.70	46	3,941,204	1.14	0.83–1.52
1990	44	4,102,245	1.06	0.77–1.43	47	3,971,569	1.16	0.85–1.54
1991	35	4,113,138	0.85	0.59–1.18	41	3,986,925	1.01	0.73–1.37
1992	27	4,121,361	0.66	0.43–0.95	17	3,997,413	0.43	0.25–0.69
1993	38	4,115,544	0.91	0.64–1.25	33	3,993,033	0.83	0.57–1.16
1994	26	4,115,954	0.64	0.41–0.93	37	3,993,799	0.93	0.65–1.28
1995	26	4,124,616	0.63	0.41–0.93	24	4,003,108	0.60	0.39–0.90
1996	24	4,134,908	0.58	0.37–0.86	19	4,017,879	0.47	0.28–0.73
1997	27	4,127,183	0.65	0.43–0.95	22	4,017,855	0.55	0.34–0.83
1998	26	4,120,055	0.63	0.41–0.93	32	4,014,573	0.79	0.54–1.11
1999	27	4,124,427	0.66	0.43–0.95	25	4,022,006	0.62	0.40–0.92
2000	23	4,141,012	0.56	0.35–0.84	25	4,040,411	0.61	0.40–0.90
2001	30	4,166,146	0.73	0.49–1.04	13	4,067,548	0.32	0.17–0.54
2002	16	4,202,311	0.38	0.22–0.62	17	4,092,376	0.41	0.24–0.66
2003	19	4,236,739	0.45	0.27–0.71	12	4,120,607	0.28	0.15–0.49
2004	18	4,265,801	0.43	0.25–0.68	13	4,138,488	0.31	0.16–0.52
2005	13	4,298,647	0.30	0.16–0.52	13	4,163,481	0.31	0.17–0.54
2006	10	4,332,570	0.22	0.11–0.41	8	4,192,639	0.19	0.08–0.37

Sources: AIHW National Mortality Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.

General practice [back to top]

Table A2.9: General practice encounters for asthma, by age group, Australia, April 1998 to March 2007

Age group/year	GP encounters for asthma per 100 GP encounters	95% confidence interval	Total annual GP attendances	Population	GP encounters for asthma per 100 population	95% confidence interval
0 to 4 years
1998–99	5.5	4.6–6.5	8,872,329	1,289,541	38.0	31.7–44.3
1999–2000	5.3	4.5–6.1	8,467,529	1,284,153	34.9	29.8–40.0
2000–01	4.6	4.0–5.3	8,146,090	1,278,970	29.3	25.2–33.5
2001–02	4.3	3.7–4.9	7,779,664	1,282,357	26.1	22.3–29.8
2002–03	4.1	3.5–4.8	7,628,359	1,270,421	24.7	20.9–28.5
2003–04	4.3	3.6–5.0	7,251,901	1,264,617	24.7	20.8–28.5
2004–05	3.4	2.9–3.9	7,078,429	1,280,616	18.8	15.8–21.8
2005–06	3.9	3.2–4.5	6,943,018	1,301,111	20.7	17.2–24.2
2006–07	3.7	3.0–4.4	6,811,572	1,319,180	19.1	15.7–22.6
5 to 34 years
1998–99	4.1	3.8–4.4	33,322,197	8,134,628	16.8	15.6–18.1
1999–2000	3.9	3.6–4.3	31,963,780	8,146,433	15.5	14.1–16.8
2000–01	3.8	3.5–4.1	30,910,917	8,181,423	14.4	13.2–15.6
2001–02	3.8	3.4–4.1	29,795,442	8,233,694	13.6	12.4–14.8
2002–03	3.4	3.1–3.7	28,935,717	8,312,219	11.8	10.8–12.8
2003–04	3.6	3.3–4.0	27,494,569	8,326,866	11.9	10.8–13.1
2004–05	3.2	2.9–3.5	26,376,406	8,429,031	9.9	8.9–10.8
2005–06	3.1	2.8–3.4	26,488,696	8,492,061	9.6	8.8–10.5
2006–07	3.0	2.7–3.3	25,921,579	8,554,967	9.1	8.2–10.0
35 to 64 years
1998–99	2.6	2.4–2.8	38,021,641	6,995,872	14.2	12.9–15.4
1999–2000	2.7	2.5–2.9	38,453,076	7,159,795	14.4	13.2–15.5
2000–01	2.2	2.0–2.4	38,694,630	7,313,669	11.8	10.7–12.9
2001–02	2.3	2.1–2.6	38,481,049	7,461,655	12.1	11.0–13.2
2002–03	2.4	2.2–2.6	38,196,778	7,590,140	12.2	11.0–13.3
2003–04	2.0	1.8–2.2	37,488,856	7,734,740	9.6	8.8–10.5
2004–05	2.0	1.8–2.2	37,607,243	7,952,212	9.6	8.7–10.6
2005–06	1.9	1.8–2.1	37,873,486	8,106,982	9.1	8.3–9.9
2006–07	2.0	1.8–2.2	38,115,989	8,256,425	9.4	8.5–10.3
65 years and over
1998–99	2.2	1.9–2.4	21,764,528	2,291,230	20.6	18.4–22.9
1999–2000	2.5	2.3–2.8	21,875,472	2,335,474	23.6	21.2–26.0
2000–01	2.0	1.8–2.2	22,035,428	2,379,318	18.7	16.7–20.8
2001–02	2.2	1.9–2.4	22,161,005	2,435,534	19.6	17.4–21.8
2002–03	2.1	1.8–2.3	22,541,186	2,490,001	18.7	16.4–20.9
2003–04	1.9	1.7–2.2	22,669,052	2,546,423	17.2	15.3–19.2
2004–05	1.7	1.5–1.9	23,258,641	2,603,379	15.3	13.5–17.1
2005–06	1.5	1.3–1.7	23,714,868	2,658,763	13.8	12.0–15.5
2006–07	1.6	1.4–1.8	24,113,349	2,721,425	13.9	12.2–15.5
0 to 14 years
1998–99	6.6	6.0–7.3	17,662,464	3,943,620	29.7	26.8–32.7
1999–2000	6.4	5.7–7.1	16,527,764	3,960,290	26.8	24.0–29.7
2000–01	5.8	5.2–6.4	15,890,422	3,977,640	23.2	20.9–25.5
2001–02	6.0	5.0–6.2	15,298,258	3,991,803	21.4	19.1–23.8
2002–03	5.2	4.6–5.7	15,052,658	3,999,814	19.5	17.5–21.6
2003–04	5.5	4.9–6.0	14,081,346	4,008,156	19.2	17.2–21.2
2004–05	4.9	4.4–5.4	13,524,047	4,015,470	16.5	14.8–18.3
2005–06	5.1	4.5–5.7	13,452,251	4,040,842	17.0	15.1–18.9
2006–07	4.6	4.1–5.2	13,003,306	4,061,135	14.8	13.0–16.6
15 years and over
1998–99	2.5	2.4–2.7	81,373,466	14,870,656	14.0	13.0–14.9
1999–2000	2.7	2.5–2.8	84,232,093	15,078,048	14.9	14.0–15.8
2000–01	2.3	2.2–2.5	83,896,643	15,295,004	12.8	12.0–13.6
2001–02	2.4	2.2–2.6	82,918,902	15,544,419	12.9	12.0–13.8
2002–03	2.3	2.2–2.5	82,249,382	15,777,026	12.2	11.4–13.1
2003–04	2.2	2.0–2.3	80,823,032	16,013,551	10.9	10.1–11.6
2004–05	2.0	1.8–2.1	80,796,672	16,249,768	9.8	9.2–10.5
2005–06	1.9	1.7–2.0	81,567,817	16,518,075	9.2	8.6–9.8
2006–07	1.9	1.8–2.1	81,959,183	16,790,862	9.5	8.8–10.2
All ages
1998–99	3.2	3.0–3.4	90,800,767	18,711,271	15.4	14.5–16.3
1999–2000	3.2	3.0–3.4	89,959,223	18,925,855	15.2	14.3–16.2
2000–01	2.8	2.7–3.0	89,814,608	19,153,380	13.3	12.5–14.1
2001–02	2.8	2.7–3.0	90,767,006	19,413,240	13.3	12.4–14.1
2002–03	2.7	2.6–2.9	90,661,663	19,654,875	12.6	11.8–13.3
2003–04	2.6	2.4–2.7	89,176,063	19,902,738	11.5	10.7–12.2
2004–05	2.3	2.2–2.5	89,671,484	20,139,792	10.4	9.7–11.1
2005–06	2.3	2.1–2.4	90,532,408	20,409,146	10.1	9.4–10.7
2006–07	2.3	2.1–2.4	90,678,610	20,701,488	9.9	9.2–10.6

Note: Data are presented in ‘Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) years’, which extend from April to March.

Sources: BEACH Survey of General Practice; Medicare Australia online statistics.

Hospitalisations [back to top]

Table A2.10: Hospital separations for asthma, by age group and sex, Australia, 1993–2007

	Males				Females
Age group/year	Hospital separations	Population	Hospital separations per 100,000	95% confidence interval	Hospital separations	Population	Hospital separations per 100,000	95% confidence interval
0 to 4 years
1993–94	12,928	662,989	1,950	1,917–1,984	6,712	629,533	1,066	1,041–1,092
1994–95	12,857	665,924	1,931	1,898–1,964	6,509	632,113	1,030	1,005–1,055
1995–96	12,608	666,703	1,891	1,858–1,924	6,398	632,821	1,011	986–1,036
1996–97	12,683	665,611	1,906	1,872–1,939	6,594	631,438	1,044	1,019–1,070
1997–98	10,207	665,414	1,534	1,504–1,564	5,174	630,850	820	798–843
1998–99	11,237	662,117	1,697	1,666–1,729	5,979	627,424	953	929–977
1999–2000	8,734	658,830	1,326	1,298–1,354	4,733	625,323	757	736–779
2000–01	9,679	655,870	1,476	1,447–1,505	5,203	623,100	835	813–858
2001–02	8,416	657,499	1,280	1,253–1,308	4,504	624,858	721	700–742
2002–03	7,935	651,556	1,218	1,191–1,245	4,206	619,365	679	659–700
2003–04	8,335	648,280	1,286	1,258–1,314	4,266	616,337	692	672–713
2004–05	8,438	646,962	1,304	1,277–1,332	4,598	614,285	749	727–770
2005–06	9,097	648,825	1,402	1,373–1,431	4,938	615,682	802	780–825
2006–07	8,600	654,879	1,313	1,286–1,341	4,722	620,286	761	740–783
5 to 14 years
1993–94	9,682	1,305,410	741	726–756	6,373	1,239,594	514	501–526
1994–95	8,008	1,313,601	610	596–623	5,546	1,248,399	444	433–456
1995–96	8,319	1,326,681	627	614–641	5,548	1,261,913	440	428–451
1996–97	7,397	1,339,478	552	540–565	4,921	1,274,788	386	375–397
1997–98	7,335	1,347,206	544	532–556	4,745	1,283,025	370	359–380
1998–99	7,224	1,355,317	532	520–544	4,811	1,291,019	372	362–383
1999–2000	5,662	1,366,184	413	403–424	3,853	1,300,535	296	287–305
2000–01	6,620	1,377,301	480	468–491	4,317	1,309,796	329	319–339
2001–02	4,984	1,386,873	359	349–369	3,032	1,317,968	230	222–238
2002–03	4,322	1,391,412	311	302–321	2,702	1,321,845	205	197–213
2003–04	4,419	1,393,719	319	310–328	2,952	1,323,202	224	216–232
2004–05	4,605	1,392,226	334	324–343	2,965	1,323,271	226	218–234
2005–06	4,497	1,392,226	327	318–337	2,831	1,321,488	216	209–224
2006–07	4,676	1,390,404	341	331–351	3,126	1,319,756	240	231–248
15 to 34 years
1993–94	3,582	2,810,134	128	124–132	7,188	2,753,439	262	256–268
1994–95	3,002	2,802,353	108	104–111	6,394	2,745,400	234	229–240
1995–96	3,111	2,797,935	112	108–116	6,449	2,741,195	238	232–243
1996–97	3,012	2,795,430	108	104–112	6,269	2,743,091	230	224–236
1997–98	3,339	2,779,977	121	116–125	6,471	2,734,830	238	232–244
1998–99	3,439	2,764,738	124	120–129	6,206	2,723,554	229	223–234
1999–2000	3,314	2,758,243	120	116–124	5,798	2,721,471	214	208–219
2000–01	3,338	2,763,711	121	117–125	5,762	2,730,615	211	206–217
2001–02	2,628	2,779,273	94	91–98	4,475	2,749,580	163	158–168
2002–03	2,133	2,805,935	76	73–79	4,093	2,760,675	148	144–153
2003–04	2,170	2,832,596	76	73–80	4,176	2,777,349	150	146–155
2004–05	1,942	2,855,323	68	65–71	3,641	2,784,453	131	126–135
2005–06	1,785	2,883,842	62	59–65	3,533	2,805,922	126	122–130
2006–07	1,769	2,911,811	61	58–63	3,197	2,819,777	113	109–117
35 to 64 years
1993–94	2,739	3,132,090	89	86–93	5,857	3,077,546	193	188–198
1994–95	2,696	3,194,835	86	83–89	5,744	3,146,513	186	181–191
1995–96	2,716	3,268,186	85	82–88	6,015	3,224,911	190	185–195
1996–97	2,864	3,348,237	88	84–91	6,402	3,309,585	198	193–202
1997–98	3,152	3,428,459	94	91–97	6,954	3,399,118	208	204–213
1998–99	2,900	3,508,991	83	80–86	7,112	3,486,881	205	201–210
1999–2000	2,953	3,587,294	83	80–86	7,049	3,572,501	198	194–203
2000–01	2,820	3,660,750	77	74–80	6,745	3,652,919	185	181–190
2001–02	2,563	3,730,335	69	66–71	6,205	3,731,320	167	162–171
2002–03	2,249	3,798,334	59	57–62	5,610	3,800,910	147	144–151
2003–04	2,260	3,864,150	58	56–61	5,610	3,870,590	145	141–148
2004–05	2,194	3,928,506	56	53–58	5,481	3,939,572	139	135–142
2005–06	2,298	3,987,078	58	55–60	5,416	4,005,545	135	131–138
2006–07	2,061	4,066,889	51	48–53	5,118	4,087,579	124	121–130
65 years and over
1993–94	1,506	887,292	176	166–185	2,459	1,169,066	211	202–219
1994–95	1,490	911,353	169	160–178	2,486	1,194,247	209	201–217
1995–96	1,561	934,099	175	166–184	2,668	1,217,314	220	211–228
1996–97	1,769	959,299	191	182–200	2,988	1,243,757	241	232–249
1997–98	1,948	982,115	205	196–215	3,331	1,266,570	263	254–272
1998–99	1,454	1,003,511	148	140–156	3,510	1,287,719	273	264–282
1999–2000	1,353	1,025,997	135	128–142	3,557	1,309,477	272	263–281
2000–01	1,177	1,047,699	114	108–121	3,149	1,331,619	236	228–244
2001–02	1,171	1,076,672	110	104–117	3,040	1,358,862	223	215–231
2002–03	1,047	1,105,896	96	90–102	2,933	1,385,051	211	203–219
2003–04	937	1,134,702	84	79–89	2,864	1,411,721	207	194–209
2004–05	923	1,165,489	79	74–85	2,674	1,439,410	184	177–191
2005–06	918	1,198,865	78	73–83	2,616	1,469,136	176	170–183
2006–07	883	1,233,435	72	67–77	2,436	1,500,672	160	154–167
0 to 14 years
1993–94	22,610	1,968,399	579.3	571.8–586.9	13,085	1,869,127	336.9	331.1–342.7
1994–95	20,865	1,979,525	530.5	523.3–537.7	12,055	1,880,512	308.2	302.7–313.7
1995–96	20,927	1,993,384	530.1	522.9–537.3	11,946	1,894,734	303.8	298.3–309.2
1996–97	20,080	2,005,089	506.4	499.4–513.4	11,515	1,906,226	291.3	286.0–296.6
1997–98	17,542	2,012,620	442.2	435.7–448.8	9,919	1,913,875	250.7	245.8–255.7
1998–99	18,473	2,017,434	465.2	458.5–471.9	10,794	1,918,443	272.5	267.3–277.6
1999–2000	14,396	2,025,014	362.4	356.5–368.4	8,586	1,925,858	216.4	211.9–221.0
2000–01	16,299	2,033,171	410.2	403.9–416.5	9,520	1,932,896	239.6	234.9–244.5
2001–02	13,400	2,044,372	336.1	330.4–341.8	7,536	1,942,826	189.0	184.8–193.3
2002–03	12,257	2,042,968	309.2	303.7–314.7	6,908	1,941,210	174.1	170.1–178.3
2003–04	12,754	2,041,999	322.9	317.4–328.6	7,218	1,939,539	182.5	178.4–186.8
2004–05	13,043	2,041,195	331.2	325.5–336.9	7,563	1,937,556	191.9	187.6–196.2
2005–06	13,594	2,041,051	345.1	339.3–350.9	7,769	1,937,170	197.2	192.8–201.6
2006–07	13,276	2,045,283	335.2	329.5–340.9	7,848	1,940,042	198.4	194.0–202.8
15 years and over
1993–94	7,827	6,829,516	56.9	55.6–58.1	15,504	7,000,051	111.7	110.0–113.5
1994–95	7,187	6,908,541	52.0	50.8–53.2	14,624	7,086,160	104.8	103.1–106.6
1995–96	7,388	7,000,220	52.7	51.5–53.9	15,132	7,183,420	107.4	105.7–109.2
1996–97	7,645	7,102,966	53.8	52.6–55.1	15,659	7,296,433	109.8	108.1–111.5
1997–98	8,440	7,190,551	58.6	57.3–59.8	16,756	7,400,518	115.9	114.1–117.7
1998–99	7,802	7,277,240	52.9	51.7–54.1	16,842	7,498,154	114.4	112.7–116.2
1999– 2000	7,620	7,371,534	50.9	49.8–52.1	16,404	7,603,449	109.9	108.2–111.6
2000–01	7,335	7,472,160	48.3	47.2–49.4	15,656	7,715,153	103.2	101.6–104.8
2001–02	6,362	7,586,280	41.2	40.2–42.3	13,720	7,839,762	88.9	87.5–90.4
2002–03	5,429	7,710,165	34.6	33.7–35.5	12,636	7,946,636	80.7	79.3–82.1
2003–04	5,367	7,831,448	33.6	32.7–34.5	12,650	8,059,660	79.6	78.2–81.0
2004–05	5,059	7,949,318	31.2	30.3–32.1	11,796	8,163,435	73.1	71.8–74.4
2005–06	5,001	8,069,785	30.3	29.5–31.2	11,565	8,280,603	70.6	69.3–71.9
2006–07	4,713	8,212,135	28.1	27.3–28.9	10,751	8,408,028	64.5	63.3–65.7
All ages
1993–94	30,437	8,797,915	164.2	162.3–166.0	28,589	8,869,178	158.0	156.1–159.8
1994–95	28,052	8,888,066	150.2	148.5–152.0	26,679	8,966,672	146.6	144.8–148.4
1995–96	28,315	8,993,604	150.7	149.0–152.5	27,078	9,078,154	147.8	146.0–149.5
1996–97	27,725	9,108,055	146.8	145.1–148.5	27,175	9,202,659	147.1	145.3–148.8
1997–98	25,981	9,203,171	137.4	135.7–139.0	26,675	9,314,393	143.6	141.9–145.3
1998–99	26,275	9,294,674	137.6	135.9–139.2	27,636	9,416,597	146.9	145.2–148.6
1999–2000	22,016	9,396,548	114.9	113.4–116.4	24,990	9,529,307	131.7	130.1–133.4
2000–01	23,634	9,505,331	122.6	121.1–124.2	25,176	9,648,049	131.2	129.6–132.9
2001–02	19,762	9,630,652	101.8	100.4–103.2	21,256	9,782,588	109.5	108.0–111.0
2002–03	17,686	9,753,133	91.0	89.6–92.3	19,544	9,887,846	99.9	98.5–101.3
2003–04	18,121	9,873,447	93.1	91.7–94.4	19,868	9,999,199	100.7	99.3–102.1
2004–05	18,102	9,990,513	92.8	91.5–94.2	19,359	10,100,991	97.5	96.1–98.9
2005–06	18,595	10,110,836	95.0	93.6–96.4	19,334	10,217,773	96.6	95.2–97.9
2006–07	17,989	10,257,418	91.2	89.9–92.5	18,599	10,348,070	92.0	90.7–93.4

Notes: All hospital separations before 1998–99 data have been converted to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) using the following conversion factors: less than 5 years =1; 5–34 years =1.0326; 35–64 years = 0.7938; 65 years and above = 0.4813. Asthma is classified according to ICD, 9th Revision (ICD-9) code 493, and ICD-10 codes J45 and J46. Separations for which the care type was reported as Newborn with no qualified days, and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.

Patient days [back to top]

Table A2.11: Hospital patient days for asthma per 100,000 population, by age group, Australia, 1993–2007

	Age group (years)
	0–4	5–14	15–34	35–64	65 and over	All ages (95% CI)
Sex (data for 2006–07)
Males	1,836.1	533.9	115.5	133.6	289.0	316.2 (312.7–319.6)
Females	1,102.0	407.6	240.5	400.4	847.2	458.3 (454.2–462.4)
Year
1993–94	2,968.9	1,375.8	490.3	637.9	1,462.9	956.1 (951.6–960.8)
1994–95	2,838.1	1,122.3	429.6	614.4	1,367.3	873.9 (869.5–878.3)
1995–96	2,688.3	1,098.8	426.4	621.3	1,437.4	871.3 (867.0–875.6)
1996–97	2,575.1	959.8	408.5	616.6	1,601.2	858.0 (853.8–862.3)
1997–98	2,035.5	926.7	410.6	655.6	1,643.6	838.7 (834.5–842.9)
1998–99	2,145.7	868.7	399.3	531.8	1,314.0	745.7 (741.8–749.7)
1999–2000	1,641.7	650.6	344.6	499.1	1,230.2	643.4 (639.8–647.0)
2000–01	1,687.0	717.1	333.2	437.5	1,031.1	603.8 (600.3–607.3)
2001–02	1,423.9	492.1	252.5	389.6	890.8	496.0 (492.9–499.2)
2002–03	1,286.5	410.5	212.3	326.7	820.0	431.1 (428.2–434.0)
2003–04	1,327.3	419.2	212.0	316.3	728.6	419.4 (416.6–422.3)
2004–05	1,318.2	426.1	191.0	299.9	697.2	403.6 (400.8–406.4)
2005–06	1,394.2	399.1	177.4	283.7	661.6	390.2 (387.5–393.0)
2006–07	1,304.3	411.9	156.4	253.7	580.5	355.8 (353.3–358.4)
Remoteness (data for 2006–07)
Major Cities	1,558.5	478.4	157.0	242.3	594.0	373.1 (369.9–376.3)
Inner Regional	1,305.2	415.5	203.7	277.1	602.1	391.9 (385.9–398.0)
Outer Regional	1,138.5	462.4	238.4	343.4	577.7	419.2 (410.2–428.4)
Remote	839.6	472.7	320.7	409.6	772.7	463.8 (441.3–487.4)
Very Remote	1,041.0	375.8	226.3	615.6	765.7	501.0 (468.1–536.2)
Culturally and linguistically diverse background (data for 2006–07)
English-speaking background	1,485.0	481.2	200.0	486.5	598.6	408.8 (405.9–411.9)
Non-English-speaking background	880.3	211.8	55.7	267.6	572.8	229.2 (220.2–238.3)
Socioeconomic status (data for 2006–07)
SEIFA 1 (most disadvantaged)	1,774.8	596.0	258.2	395.9	686.1	521.7 (513.2–530.3)
SEIFA 2	1,599.9	552.0	223.4	346.9	599.9	458.8 (452.6–465.1)
SEIFA 3	1,379.6	437.7	170.4	261.6	561.0	370.0 (364.3–375.9)
SEIFA 4	1,297.0	395.9	152.8	280.0	576.6	328.6 (323.4–333.8)
SEIFA 5 (least disadvantaged)	1,294.0	366.6	110.4	173.7	596.1	296.8 (291.8–301.9)

Notes: Separations for which the care type was reported as Newborn with no qualified days, and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded. Asthma classified according to International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code 493 and ICD, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) codes J45 and J46. CI = confidence interval; SEIFA = Socio-economic Indexes for Areas.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database

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