Asthma in Australia 2005 

Figure 5.13
Emergency department visits for asthma per 100,000 population, by age group and month, New South Wales and Victoria, July 1999 to December 2004

Note: As the coverage of the ED data is less than 100%, this rate will be an underestimate of the true ED visit rate among people with asthma. Data for the period July to December 2004 are for New South Wales only.

Sources: NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) (HOIST), Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), Victorian Department of Human Services.

Data table

Month/year
0 to 4 years
5 to 14 years
15 to 34 years
35 to 64 years
65 years and over
Jul-99
140.25
65.76
34.65
19.92
27.32
Aug-99
144.67
82.66
28.08
18.68
22.76
Sep-99
144.41
77.45
25.48
15.05
22.76
Oct-99
132.35
76.99
29.24
16.03
19.75
Nov-99
141.59
86.58
33.40
17.10
17.23
Dec-99
104.89
59.73
26.92
14.86
16.60
Jan-00
61.16
26.68
23.82
12.23
15.70
Feb-00
119.63
46.83
21.45
10.73
12.12
Mar-00
126.62
46.57
28.49
13.38
12.46
Apr-00
122.85
58.27
40.50
17.31
14.60
May-00
154.17
63.30
39.78
16.70
15.70
Jun-00
151.48
60.01
40.37
18.27
20.66
Jul-00
140.06
46.83
31.86
17.91
21.97
Aug-00
150.27
59.43
31.39
19.18
23.35
Sep-00
83.34
31.65
24.94
17.28
25.76
Oct-00
109.55
45.60
25.72
14.15
16.11
Nov-00
109.41
64.73
35.48
19.08
15.70
Dec-00
103.50
53.81
31.96
17.00
17.56
Jan-01
53.45
25.86
22.54
14.00
13.62
Feb-01
185.68
92.33
30.08
12.55
11.73
Mar-01
173.76
70.32
36.27
13.89
12.34
Apr-01
149.11
57.62
36.11
15.40
12.47
May-01
171.08
68.14
35.09
14.87
15.78
Jun-01
144.82
52.68
30.18
15.97
19.21
Jul-01
131.42
46.13
27.39
16.96
21.03
Aug-01
123.12
52.61
29.12
16.96
19.01
Sep-01
129.15
49.02
22.97
15.01
19.35
Oct-01
124.06
48.83
27.73
15.65
17.19
Nov-01
125.13
55.50
28.35
14.92
15.71
Dec-01
110.66
47.99
27.70
16.62
17.60
Jan-02
47.71
21.14
20.62
12.27
14.61
Feb-02
134.06
46.18
20.56
11.77
11.84
Mar-02
139.89
56.75
28.36
13.33
15.61
Apr-02
101.53
44.71
28.12
14.89
12.10
May-02
162.93
67.26
35.00
15.84
16.00
Jun-02
127.82
51.37
30.02
16.88
17.66
Jul-02
119.01
41.25
26.92
16.09
20.50
Aug-02
123.48
50.92
23.66
16.31
23.87
Sep-02
94.48
35.49
19.45
14.44
21.49
Oct-02
90.00
31.13
17.05
12.07
16.14
Nov-02
103.02
43.05
18.99
12.74
12.56
Dec-02
97.87
36.19
18.44
11.61
12.63
Jan-03
49.43
20.34
17.60
10.11
12.07
Feb-03
127.66
39.20
15.64
8.47
10.45
Mar-03
133.53
46.90
26.34
12.25
13.11
Apr-03
113.32
43.50
29.15
12.65
13.05
May-03
157.56
58.64
26.06
13.99
14.09
Jun-03
167.26
56.46
30.73
14.59
18.89
Jul-03
152.37
48.38
28.60
16.55
19.60
Aug-03
118.79
54.66
36.48
18.87
24.99
Sep-03
93.66
32.91
19.06
14.12
19.02
Oct-03
111.96
38.43
19.46
12.41
15.12
Nov-03
108.41
59.73
34.61
16.98
13.50
Dec-03
89.84
35.54
23.13
13.06
13.83
Jan-04
45.34
21.11
17.95
11.87
11.52
Feb-04
140.53
50.07
18.46
10.47
8.40
Mar-04
151.32
49.17
25.71
12.36
10.76
Apr-04
119.36
38.49
24.25
12.77
12.67
May-04
181.77
64.10
26.92
12.36
15.53
Jun-04
149.13
44.60
22.49
12.73
15.34
Jul-04
79.12
23.88
16.72
13.09
15.54
Aug-04
98.60
34.43
16.08
13.55
17.74
Sep-04
87.34
30.98
19.42
13.97
15.98
Oct-04
84.28
30.43
16.98
10.79
12.23
Nov-04
99.31
38.98
21.12
11.40
10.91
Dec-04
86.40
30.10
16.24
11.63
10.14

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