Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 5.7
Proportion of general practice encounters for asthma, by remoteness, Australia, April 2001 to March 2004
Note: Asthma classified according to ICPC-2 PLUS codes: R96001–R96005, R96007, R96008. Remoteness is classified according to the rural, remote and metropolitan areas (RRMA) classification (see Appendix 1, Section A1.2).
Source: BEACH Survey of General Practice.
Data table
| RRMA category | General practice encounters (per cent) |
(95% CI) |
| Capital cities | 2.7 |
(2.6–2.8) |
| Other metropolitan | 2.6 |
(2.3–3.0) |
| Rural | 2.8 |
(2.6–3.0) |
| Remote | 2.4 |
(1.9–3.0) |
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