Asthma in Australia 2005 Table 3.3

Asthma in Australia 2005

Table 3.3
Prevalence of asthma in children, most recent health survey results, Australia, 2001–04

Location	Survey	Year	Age range	Rates	95% CI
Ever doctor-diagnosed asthma
Australia	(1)	2001	0 to 17 years	24.8%	23.7–25.9%
NSW	(2)	2001	2 to 12 years	26.4%	25.4–27.4%
SA	(3)	2003–04	2 to 15 years	25.0%	22.6–27.4%
WA	(4)	2004	0 to 15 years	20.2%	17.2–20.8%
Ever doctor-diagnosed asthma AND symptoms of asthma or taken treatment for asthma in last 12 months
NSW	(2)	2001	2 to 12 years	15.7%	14.7–16.8%
SA	(3)	2003–04	2 to 15 years	18.4%	16.3–20.7%
WA	(4)	2004	0 to 15 years	14.6%	12.1–17.2%
Ever doctor-diagnosed asthma AND ‘Yes’ to ‘Do you still get asthma’?
Australia	(1)	2001	0 to 17 years	13.8%	12.9–14.7%

Notes:

1. Only most recent estimates were included in this table from surveys periodically repeated in the same population using the same methods (e.g. repeat state CATI health surveys)
2. Data from earlier surveys and other studies of asthma prevalence among children are provided in Chapter 2.

Sources: These estimates were obtained from the following surveys and studies:
(1) ABS National Health Survey 2001 (CURF);
(2) NSW Child Health Survey 2001, (Centre for Epidemiology and Research (NSW Department of Health) 2002);
(3) South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System, Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit, SA Department of Human Services (unpublished data) 2005;
(4) Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System, Health Information Centre, WA Department of Health (unpublished data) 2005.