Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.33
Hospital patient days for asthma per 100,000 population, by broad age group and English-speaking versus non-English-speaking background, people aged 5 years and over, Australia, 2002–03
Note: Age standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. See Appendix 1, Section A1.1 for details. Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46. Hospital separations of more than 120 days duration were excluded from this analysis. This accounted for 0.017% of all patient days. For definition of non-English-speaking background and English-speaking background see Glossary.
Sources: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Data table
| Age group (years) | Non-English-speaking background |
95% CI |
English-speaking background |
95% CI |
| 5 to 14 | 270.7 |
(238.6–304.6) |
416.6 |
(408.8–424.5) |
| 15 to 34 | 109.4 |
(101.5–117.6) |
227 |
(222.8–231.2) |
| 35 to 64 | 211.3 |
(204.1–218.7) |
353.9 |
(349.2–358.6) |
| 65 and over | 817.4 |
(791.3–843.9) |
822.5 |
(810.0–835.1) |
| 5 years and over | 281.5 |
(274.0–289.0) |
333.8 |
(330.8–336.8) |
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