Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.37
Rate of hospital separations for asthma with invasive mechanical ventilation, by age group and sex, Australia, 1993–2002
Note: Same day separations excluded. Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Data table
| Age group (years) | Males |
(95% CI) |
Females |
(95% CI) |
| 0 to 14 years | 0.9 |
(0.7–1.0) |
1.1 |
(0.9–1.3) |
| 15 to 34 years | 10.7 |
(9.4–12.1) |
9.3 |
(8.5–10.3) |
| 35 to 64 years | 15.9 |
(14.4–17.5) |
13.9 |
(13.0–14.9) |
| 65 years and over | 8.4 |
(7.2–9.7) |
9.4 |
(8.5–10.4) |
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