Asthma in Australia 2005 Fig 2.10

Asthma in Australia 2005

Figure 2.10
Monthly percentage of emergency department visits for asthma that were for severe asthma, children aged 0 to 18 years, New South Wales and Victoria, July 1999 to June 2004

Note: ‘Severe asthma’ was defined as an ED visit assessed as triage category 1 (resuscitation) or 2 (emergency), and requiring medical attention within 10 minutes (Lincoln & Muscatello 2001).

Sources: NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) (HOIST), Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), Victorian Department of Human Services; Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Data table

Month	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Jan		15.84	13.29	13.21	14.87	14.25
Feb		16.76	20.72	17.88	20.34	18.51
Mar		13.36	17.96	15.72	15.79	18.91
Apr		13.39	16.41	13.88	14.95	15.82
May		14.42	15.42	15.44	15.81	16.91
Jun		10.82	11.91	11.15	13.47	14.48
Jul	9.46	11.48	10.98	13.12	14.20
Aug	10.65	11.47	12.77	14.38	13.52
Sep	11.03	10.97	12.35	11.32	14.46
Oct	13.49	13.38	13.42	12.55	15.38
Nov	15.44	13.01	15.23	13.88	15.10
Dec	16.10	13.61	12.75	15.63	17.01