Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.19
Proportion of emergency department visits for asthma that resulted in admission to hospital, by age group and socioeconomic status, New South Wales and Victoria, July 1999 to June 2004
Sources: NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) (HOIST), Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset, Victorian Department of Human Services.
Data table
| Age group (years) | SEIFA 1 (most disadvantaged) |
SEIFA 2 |
SEIFA 3 |
SEIFA 4 |
SEIFA 5 (most advantaged) |
| 0 to 4 | 50.15 (49.32–50.98) |
46.55 (45.45–47.64) |
44.31 (43.33–45.28) |
45.12 (44.17–46.07) |
51.46 (50.55–52.37) |
| 5 to 14 | 37.29 (36.41–38.17) |
32.94 (31.84–34.03) |
32.11 (31.13–33.10) |
32.98 (32.00–33.96) |
38.06 (37.01–39.10) |
| 15 to 34 | 27.95 (27.14–28.75) |
25.04 (24.11–25.97) |
22.57 (21.77–23.38) |
26.36 (25.50–27.22) |
28.23 (27.39–29.07) |
| 35 to 64 | 43.32 (42.37–44.26) |
37.71 (36.50–38.92) |
36.88 (35.78–37.99) |
40.13 (39.00–41.27) |
41.70 (40.51–42.90) |
| 65 and over | 61.80 (60.31–63.30) |
57.53 (55.45–59.61) |
59.25 (57.35–61.16) |
61.66 (59.80–63.52) |
67.27 (65.57–68.96) |
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