Referrals to a regional allergy clinic - an eleven year audit

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Referrals to the Peninsula Allergy Service and the number of confirmed cases.

Year	Referrals	Confirmed	Percentage of referrals
1998	287	6	Part year
1999	335	73	22
2000	459	107	23
2001	414	92	22
2002	477	75	16
2003	438	71	16
2004	415	48	12
2005	457	71	16
2006	498	99	20
2007	613	98	16
2008	598	107	18
2009	787	114	Part year
TOTAL	5778	961	18*

* the number of referrals was only available for full years so percentages of confirmed cases is only shown for ten full years and the overall percentage for those ten year.

ISSN: 1471-2458