Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 2.14
Hospital separations for asthma per 100,000 population, children aged 0 to 18 years, Australia, 1996 to 2004
Note: Age standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Asthma classified according to ICD-9-CM code 493 and ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Sources: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.Data table
| Year | 0 to 1 year |
2 to 4 years |
5 to 11 years |
12 to 18 years |
| 1996–97 | 1432.4 | 1516.9 | 509.6 | 277.3 |
| 1997–98 | 1157.1 | 1203.2 | 491.8 | 286.9 |
| 1998–99 | 1173.8 | 1434.9 | 514.9 | 264.3 |
| 1999–2000 | 963.2 | 1105.8 | 402.7 | 222.6 |
| 2000–01 | 997.0 | 1273.8 | 478.1 | 215.2 |
| 2001–02 | 906.8 | 1073.7 | 350.7 | 158.5 |
| 2002–03 | 850.2 | 1018.2 | 311.9 | 127.1 |
| 2003–04 | 892.8 | 1064.4 | 325.7 | 137.3 |
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