Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.6
Proportion of general practice encounters for asthma, by state and territory, Australia, April 2001 to March 2004
Note: Asthma classified according to ICPC-2 PLUS codes: R96001–R96005, R96007, R96008. Horizontal line represents the national average annual proportion of general practice encounters for asthma (2.7 per 100 general practice encounters). Data for Northern Territory excluded as the numbers are too small to produce reliable estimates.
Source: BEACH Survey of General Practice.
Data table
| State/territory | rate (per 100 encounters) |
(95% CI) |
| NSW | 2.6 |
(2.4–2.7) |
| Vic | 3.0 |
(2.7–3.2) |
| Qld | 2.8 |
(2.6–3.0) |
| WA | 2.5 |
(2.2–2.8) |
| SA | 2.8 |
(2.4–3.2) |
| Tas | 2.6 |
(2.1–3.1) |
| ACT | 2.7 |
(2.1–3.3) |
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