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National asthma indicators – an interactive overview

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Last updated: 04 Dec 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. National asthma indicators – an interactive overview. Cat. no. ACM 38. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 01 March 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/asthma-monitoring-based-on-current-indicators

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). National asthma indicators – an interactive overview. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/asthma-monitoring-based-on-current-indicators

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National asthma indicators – an interactive overview. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 04 December 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/asthma-monitoring-based-on-current-indicators

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National asthma indicators – an interactive overview [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019 [cited 2021 Mar. 1]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/asthma-monitoring-based-on-current-indicators

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2019, National asthma indicators – an interactive overview, viewed 1 March 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/asthma-monitoring-based-on-current-indicators

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This web report provides interactive data displays on the national asthma indicators published in the National Asthma Strategy 2018 by the National Asthma Council (National Asthma Strategy).

The indicators provide insights on how common asthma is in Australia; asthma related deaths, hospital visits and general practice encounters; the use of asthma action plans, impact of asthma on quality of life, and the cost of asthma to the Australian healthcare system.

Fact sheet: Monitoring asthma in Australia

  • Cat. no: ACM 38
Findings from this report:
  • In 2015–16, asthma cost the Australian health system an estimated $770 million

  • In 2017─18, 23% of people with asthma said it had interfered with daily activity 2 or more times in the past month.

  • In 2017─18, 1 in 9 Australians (11%) had asthma—that’s 2.7 million people.

  • In 2016─17, the PHN area with the highest potentially preventable hospitalisation rates for asthma was Murrumbidgee.

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  • Contents
    • Overview
    • Indicators
      • Indicator 1. Prevalence of asthma
      • Indicators 2 & 3. How many people die from asthma?
      • Indicator 4. Hospital visits
      • Indicator 5. Asthma control
      • Indicator 6. General practice encounters
      • Indicator 7. Asthma action plans
      • Indicator 8. Impact of asthma on quality of life
      • Indicator 9. Preventer use
      • Indicator 10. Costs of asthma
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