Asthma in Australia 2005 

Figure 4.8
Deaths due to asthma per 100,000 population, by remoteness, people aged 5 years and over, Australia, 1999–2003

Note:
1. Death rates for aggregated data from 1999 to 2003.
2. Asthma classified according to ICD-10 codes J45 and J46.
3. Remoteness classified according to the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC) categories of remoteness.
4. Y axis has different scale for each age group.

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

Data table

Remoteness
Age group (years)
5 to 34 years
(95% CI)
Major cities
0.4984
(0.42–0.59)
Inner regional
0.5472
(0.40–0.74)
Outer regional
0.4599
(0.28–0.73)
Remote and very remote
0.491165
(0.19–1.16)
35 to 64 years
(95% CI)
Major cities
1.4211
(1.28–1.58)
Inner regional
1.5501
(1.29–1.86)
Outer regional
1.7035
(1.33–2.18)
Remote and very remote
2.167171
(1.36–3.42)
65 years and over
(95% CI)
Major cities
9.7621
(9.09–10.48)
Inner regional
11.0987
(9.92–12.42)
Outer regional
9.8447
(8.23–11.77)
Remote and very remote
12.456054
(8.12–18.95)

 

© Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2005