Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 4.12
Average monthly deviation from average number of deaths due to asthma, by broad age group, Australia, 1979–2003
Note: Asthma classified according to ICD-9 code 493, 1979 to 1996 and ICD-10 codes J45 and J46, 1997 to 2003. For each month, the deviation from that year’s monthly average number of deaths for the relevant age group was calculated. The mean monthly deviation was then calculated over the observed 24 years.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.
Data table
| Month | 5 to 34 years |
35 to 64 years |
65 years and over |
| Jan | 0.92 |
-6.89 |
-18.26 |
| Feb | -9.38 |
-15.29 |
-26.09 |
| Mar | 9.15 |
-2.70 |
-22.37 |
| Apr | 2.97 |
-8.38 |
-9.41 |
| May | 21.51 |
3.73 |
-5..30 |
| Jun | -5.26 |
3.48 |
11.76 |
| Jul | 5.03 |
10.89 |
36.78 |
| Aug | -16.25 |
19.53 |
37.55 |
| Sep | -26.54 |
1.01 |
11.38 |
| Oct | -12.13 |
1.75 |
8.04 |
| Nov | 7.09 |
-9.12 |
-12.62 |
| Dec | 22.88 |
2.00 |
-11.46 |
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