Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.43
Re-attendance rate for asthma within 28 days, by age group and sex, New South Wales and Victoria, 2000–03
Note: Asthma classified according to ICD-10-AM codes J45 & J46.
Sources: NSW Inpatients Statistical Collection and NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health; Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset and Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), Victorian Department of Human Services.
Data table
| Age group ( years) | Males |
95% CI |
Females |
95% CI |
| 0 to 4 | 6.76 |
(6.4–71) |
7.11 |
(6.7–7.6) |
| 5 to 14 | 5.43 |
(5.1–5.8) |
5.86 |
(5.5–6.3) |
| 15 to 34 | 7.35 |
(6.9–7.8) |
8.51 |
(8.1–8.9) |
| 35 to 64 | 9.57 |
(9.0–10.2) |
10.55 |
(10.1–11.0) |
| 65 and over | 6.22 |
(5.5–7.0) |
6.68 |
(6.2–7.2) |
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