Asthma in Australia 2005
Figure 6.14
Claims for the performance of spirometry and complex lung function tests which included spirometry per 100,000 population, by state and territory and type, Australia, 2002–04
Note: Data are aggregated from 2002, 2003 and 2004. Laboratory-based claims include claims for Medicare items 11503, 11509 and 11512. Office-based claims comprise claims for Medicare item 11506 only. Population is Australian population as estimated by the ABS for the relevant years.
Sources: HIC health statistics; Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Data table
| Age group | State/territory | Office-based |
Laboratory-based |
| 5 to 34 years | NSW | 1107.7 |
474.6 |
| Vic | 361.3 |
523.0 |
|
| Qld | 1283.4 |
246.8 |
|
| WA | 980.5 |
227.9 |
|
| SA | 707.3 |
453.8 |
|
| Tas | 629.9 |
377.8 |
|
| ACT | 440.8 |
232.0 |
|
| NT | 143.8 |
69.4 |
|
All ages |
NSW | 1703.3 |
993.1 |
| Vic | 523.9 |
987.8 |
|
| Qld | 1714.8 |
749.8 |
|
| WA | 1227.4 |
766.8 |
|
| SA | 953.9 |
1144.0 |
|
| Tas | 871.6 |
1159.6 |
|
| ACT | 684.8 |
448.0 |
|
| NT | 218.0 |
144.9 |
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