Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.20
Hospital separations for asthma per 100,000 population, by age group, Australia, 1993–2005
Notes: Age standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Asthma classified according to ICD-9-CM code 493 and ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46. Hospital separations coded to ICD-9-CM (1993–97) were converted to ICD-10-AM using the following conversion: ages 5 to 34 years, no conversion; 35 to 64 years, converted by a factor of 0.64; 65 years and over, converted by a factor of 0.53. See Appendix 1 for details about age standardisation (Section A1.1) and conversion/comparability factors (Section A1.9).
Sources: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Data table
| Year | 0 to 4 years |
5 to 14 years |
15 to 34 years |
35 to 64 years |
65 years and over |
| 1993–94 | 1519.3 |
610.3 |
188.3 |
115.6 |
213.4 |
| 1994–95 | 1491.7 |
512.3 |
165.1 |
111.2 |
209.3 |
| 1995–96 | 1462.3 |
519.0 |
168.5 |
112.5 |
218.2 |
| 1996–97 | 1485.8 |
456.4 |
163.2 |
116.6 |
239.6 |
| 1997–98 | 1186.1 |
444.6 |
173.2 |
123.6 |
260.4 |
| 1998–99 | 1334.5 |
454.1 |
176.2 |
144.3 |
216.7 |
| 1999–2000 | 1048.5 |
356.2 |
166.6 |
140.4 |
210.3 |
| 2000–01 | 1163.5 |
406.3 |
165.7 |
131.0 |
181.9 |
| 2001–02 | 1007.5 |
296.4 |
128.5 |
117.5 |
172.9 |
| 2002–03 | 955.3 |
259.5 |
112.0 |
103.2 |
159.9 |
| 2003–04 | 996.5 |
272.9 |
112.6 |
101.5 |
149.6 |
| 2004–05 | 1033.5 | 281.0 | 99.1 | 97.1 | 138.3 |
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