Asthma in Australia 2008 Table 2.1

Asthma in Australia 2008

Table 3.7
Proportion of people with current asthma whose sleep was disturbed by asthma, 1996–2006

Population/study	Response	Rate (%)	95% CI
ADULTS
Times woken up because of asthma in the past 4 weeks
Australian Asthma Survey December 2003 to January 2004 Age 16 years and over	Every night More than once per week Less than once per week Not at all	3.2 8.8 10.5 77.5 (n = 1,006)	2.1–4.3 7.1–10.6 8.2–11.9 75.4–80.6
Woken at night due to asthma
SA Omnibus Age 15 years and over	Weekly or more often	2003 16.2 2002 17.6 2001 15.9 2000 11.8 1999 14.5 1998 13.3 1997 21.6 1996 15.4	n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
CHILDREN
Been woken by asthma or wheezing in last 4 weeks
Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey (2006) Age 1 to under 13 years	Yes No	17.2 82.7 (n = 652)	13.7–20.7 79.2–86.2
Times woken up because of asthma in the past 4 weeks
Australian Asthma Survey December 2003 to January 2004 Age less than 16 years	Every night More than once per week Less than once per week Not at all	0.9 7.6 11.9 79.6 (n = 199)	0.0–2.2 3.9–11.3 7.5–16.5 74.4–85.6

n.a. Not available

Note: 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for results from the Australian Asthma Survey were estimated using the sample size and the proportions and the normal approximation.

Sources: Australian Asthma Survey—Marks et al. 2007; Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey—unpublished data; SA Omnibus— Wilson et al. 2006.

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