Figure 5.18
Proportion of all emergency department visits that are for asthma, by age group and socioeconomic status, New South Wales and Victoria, July 1999 to June 2004

Sources: NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) (HOIST), Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset, Victorian Department of Human Services.
Data table
| Age group (years) | SEIFA 1 (most disadvantaged) |
SEIFA 2 |
SEIFA 3 |
SEIFA 4 |
SEIFA 5 (most advantaged) |
| 0 to 4 | 3.40 (3.34–3.45) |
3.13 (3.07–3.20) |
2.99 (2.93–3.05) |
3.52 (3.45–3.58) |
3.86 (3.79–3.93) |
| 5 to 14 | 3.70 (3.64–3.77) |
3.22 (3.14–3.29) |
3.10 (3.03–3.16) |
3.49 (3.42–3.56) |
3.69 (3.62–3.77) |
| 15 to 34 | 1.35 (1.33–1.38) |
1.48 (1.45–1.51) |
1.40 (1.38–1.43) |
1.51 (1.48–1.54) |
1.61 (1.58–1.64) |
| 35 to 64 | 1.20 (1.18–1.23) |
1.16 (1.13–1.19) |
1.09 (1.07–1.12) |
1.13 (1.10–1.16) |
1.02 (0.99–1.04) |
| 65 and over | 0.76 (0.74–0.78) |
0.66 (0.63–0.69) |
0.61 (0.59–0.63) |
0.63 (0.61–0.66) |
0.59 (0.57–0.61) |
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