Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Chronic respiratory conditions, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 March 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Chronic respiratory conditions. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/chronic-respiratory-conditions
Chronic respiratory conditions. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 09 February 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-respiratory-conditions/chronic-respiratory-conditions
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Respiratory conditions affect the airways, including the lungs as well as the passages that transfer air from the mouth and nose into the lungs. They can be long lasting (chronic) or short term (acute) and can cause ill health, disability and death.
In 2020–21, asthma was the principal diagnosis in 25,000 hospitalisations
In 2020–21 the rate of hospitalisation for COPD among those aged 45 and over was 510 per 100,000 population
COPD was the 5th leading cause of death in 2018
389 deaths were due to asthma in 2018
In this report:
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