Asthma in Australia 2005 Fig 4.1

Asthma in Australia 2005

Figure 4.1
Deaths due to asthma per 100,000 population, three year moving average, by sex, all ages and people aged 5 to 34 years, Australia, 1980–2002

Note: Age standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Asthma classified according to ICD-9 code 493 and ICD-10 codes J45 & J46. Deaths coded to ICD-9 (1979–1997) were converted to ICD-10 using conversion factors See Appendix 1, Section A1.10 for details.

Sources: AIHW National Mortality Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Data table

Year	Males (all ages)	Females (all ages)	Males (5 to 34 years)	Females (5 to 34 years)
1980	3.567	3.052	1.017	0.932
1981	3.812	3.341	0.998	1.058
1982	3.881	3.350	1.003	1.062
1983	4.016	3.528	1.165	1.005
1984	4.385	3.892	1.260	1.124
1985	4.692	4.042	1.413	1.310
1986	4.818	4.410	1.387	1.416
1987	4.640	4.360	1.387	1.273
1988	4.683	4.706	1.317	1.183
1989	4.628	4.501	1.214	1.103
1990	4.366	4.275	1.072	1.103
1991	3.912	3.816	0.855	0.866
1992	3.637	3.726	0.804	0.756
1993	3.616	3.834	0.734	0.728
1994	3.354	3.850	0.727	0.786
1995	3.191	3.679	0.615	0.666
1996	2.873	3.322	0.621	0.540
1997	2.701	3.077	0.621	0.600
1998	2.359	2.833	0.648	0.651
1999	2.122	2.747	0.616	0.673
2000	2.008	2.521	0.646	0.517
2001	1.965	2.372	0.555	0.448
2002	1.650	2.130	0.518	0.337
2003	1.333	2.023	0.420	0.332