Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 4.10
Deaths due to asthma per 100,000 people with asthma, by English-speaking versus non-English-speaking background, people aged 5 years and over, Australia, 1999–2003
Notes:
Death rates for aggregated data from 1999 to 2003. Asthma classified according to ICD-10 codes J45 & J46. For definition of non-English-speaking background and English-speaking background see Glossary.
Sources: AIHW National Mortality Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Data table
| Age group (years) | Non-English-speaking background |
(95% CI) |
English-speaking background |
(95% CI) |
| 5 to 34 | 7.96 |
(2.4–23.1) |
3.28 |
(2.4–4.6) |
| 35 to 64 | 23.63 |
(14.5–38.0) |
15.16 |
(12.3–18.6) |
| 65 and over | 120.15 |
(87.1–165.0) |
125.48 |
(109.2–144.1) |
| 5 years and over | 39.82 |
(30.8–51.4) |
17.48 |
(15.7–19.5) |
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