Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.14
Emergency department visits for asthma
per 100 people with asthma, by age group and sex, New South Wales and Victoria, July 1999 to June 2004
Note: The total number of people with asthma in New South Wales and Victoria was estimated by age group and sex based on the 2001 National Health Survey. As the coverage of the ED data are less than 100%, this rate will be an under-estimate of the true ED visit rate among people with asthma.
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; ABS National Health Survey 2001.
Data table
| Age group (years) | Males |
95% CI |
Females |
95% CI |
| 0 to 14 | 7.17 |
(7.05–7.29) |
5.74 |
(5.62–5.87) |
| 15 to 34 | 1.82 |
(1.76–1.87) |
2.44 |
(2.37–2.50) |
| 35 to 64 | 1.65 |
(1.58–1.71) |
1.78 |
(1.73–1.84) |
| 65 and over | 1.85 |
(1.73–1.96) |
2.57 |
(2.45–2.68) |
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