Figure 2.13
Emergency department visits for asthma resulting in admission to hospital, by age group and sex, children aged 0 to 18 years, New South Wales and Victoria, 1999 to 2004
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
Age group (years) | Boys |
Girls |
0 to 1 | 54.24 | 52.02 |
2 to 4 | 45.08 | 45.51 |
5 to 11 | 35.21 | 35.43 |
12 to 18 | 29.61 | 29.37 |
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