Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.26
Relative frequency of length of stay for asthma, by broad age group, Australia,
2002–03
Note: Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Data table
| Age group (years) | 1 to 2 days |
3 to 5 days |
6 to 30 days |
30 days and over |
| 0 to 4 | 86.4 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 5 to 14 | 78.8 | 18.5 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 15 to 34 | 65.4 | 27.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| 35 to 64 | 44.8 | 34.9 | 20.2 | 0.2 |
| 65 and over | 25.1 | 33.9 | 40.5 | 0.6 |
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