Asthma in Australia 2005 

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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