Asthma in Australia 2008 Table 2.1

Asthma in Australia 2008

Table 3.1
Prevalence of asthma ever being diagnosed by a doctor, adults, most recent health survey results, 2002–2007

Location (source)	Year	No. in survey	Age range	Rate (%)	95% CI
Ever told by a doctor or nurse they have asthma
Australia (1)	2004–05	20,400	16 years and over	20.2	19.5–20.8
Queensland (2)	2006	1,521	18 years and over	24.3	21.8–26.9
Ever told by a doctor or hospital they have asthma
New South Wales (3)	2006	7,948	16 years and over	19.3	18.1–20.5
New South Wales (4)	2005	11,480	16 years and over	19.2	18.2–20.2
Ever told by a doctor they have asthma
Victoria (5)	2006	approximately 7,500	18 years and over	21.2	19.8–22.6
	2005			21.1	19.7–22.5
	2004			20.2	19.0–21.4
	2003			20.4	19.2–21.6
	2002			21.9	20.5–23.3
Western Australia (6)	2006–07	5,932	16 years and over	17.4	15.8–19.0
	2005–06	5,998		16.7	15.4–18.0
	2004–05	5,010		17.3	15.8–18.9
	2003–04	5,169		17.6	15.9–19.6
	2002–03	4,732		16.3	15.1–17.5
South Australia (7)	2006–07	5,699	16 years and over	19.0	18.0–20.1

Note: CI = confidence interval.

Sources: (1) National Health Survey 2004–05 (confidentialised unit record files); (2) Epidemiology Services Unit, Queensland Health; (3) 2006 Report on Adult Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey (Centre for Epidemiology and Research 2007); (4) 2005 Report on Adult Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey (Centre for Epidemiology and Research 2006); (5) Victorian Department of Human Services 2007; (6) WA Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System, Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia (data presented in financial years for WA); (7) South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System (SAMSS), Department of Health, Government of South Australia.

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