Asthma in Australia 2008 Table 2.1

Asthma in Australia 2008

Table 2.6
Exposure to passive smoke and in-utero exposure to smoking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, 1999–2002

			Indigenous		Non-Indigenous
Location (source)	Year	Age range	No. in survey	Rate (95% CI)	No. in survey	Rate (95% CI)
Birth mother smoked tobacco during pregnancy
Western Australia (1)	2001–2002	0–17 years	n.a.	46.5% (43.9–49.0)	n.a.	n.a.
Smoked during pregnancy
South Australia (2)	Had singleton births in 1998–1999	n.a.	851	57.8% (54.5–61.1)	35,208	24.0% (23.6–24.5)
Anyone living in the house smokes (children with parent-reported asthma or recent respiratory symptoms)
Australian Capital Territory (3)	1999–2001	4–6 years	67	63.7% (52.2–75.2)	2,292	32.2% (30.3–34.1)

n.a. Not available

Sources: (1) Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, Zubrick et al. 2004; (2) Chan et al. 2001; (3) Glasgow et al. 2003.