Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.25
Hospital separations for asthma per 100 people with asthma, by broad age group and sex, Australia, 2002–03
Note: Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Sources: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database; ABS National Health Survey 2001.
Data table
| Age group (years) | Males |
95% CI |
Females |
95% CI |
| 0 to 4 | 13.98 |
(13.70–14.27) |
8.77 |
(8.52–9.03) |
| 5 to 14 | 1.73 |
(1.68–1.78) |
1.56 |
(1.50–1.62) |
| 15 to 34 | 0.62 |
(0.60–0.65) |
0.95 |
(0.92–0.98) |
| 35 to 64 | 0.84 |
(0.81–0.88) |
1.30 |
(1.27–1.34) |
| 65 and over | 1.34 |
(1.26–1.42) |
2.45 |
(2.36–2.54) |
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