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Table 1 Descriptive data associated with asthma hospital separations from 2010 to 11 to 2014–15

From: Asthma hospitalisation trends from 2010 to 2015: variation among rural and metropolitan Australians

Factor

Number

Percentage

Incidence rate (persons per 1000 population)

95% CI

Number

Percentage

Incidence rate (persons per 1000 population)

95% CI

 

0–14 year olds

15–85 + year olds

Females

9423

34.2

3.82

3.76–3.86

15,019

68.4

1.30

1.29–1.31

Metro residence

21,780

79.1

5.81

5.76–5.85

13,096

75.4

1.14

1.13–1.15

Privately insured patients

4999

18.2

0.98

0.98–0.99

5350

24.3

0.23

0.23–0.24

Emergency admissions

27,136

98.6

5.34

5.34–5.35

18,086

82.3

0.79

0.79–0.80

ARIA+(quintiles)

 0 (≤ 0.1)

6264

19.3

6.39

6.303–6.49

3875

20.5

0.83

0.81–0.85

 1 (0.1–0.6)

5353

18.9

5.57

5.48–5.66

4113

20.6

0.87

0.86–0.89

 2 (0.7–1.3)

6226

20.2

6.02

5.93–6.11

4877

18.8

1.14

1.12–1.16

 3 (1.4–2.0)

4162

20.1

4.08

4.00–4.15

4937

20.0

1.09

1.07–1.11

 4 (2.1–5.0)

3654

21.3

3.37

3.30–3.43

4208

19.9

0.93

0.91–0.95

Population density (quintiles)

 0 (≤ 2.77)

4044

21.4

3.72

3.71–7.34

4676

19.9

1.03

1.03–1.04

 1 (2.78–8.15)

6994

20.6

6.67

6.66–6.69

4539

20.7

0.96

0.96–0.97

 2 (8.16–126.57)

6300

19.7

6.29

6.27–6.31

5032

18.9

1.17

1.17–1.18

 3 (126.58–1480.79)

6384

19.1

6.55

6.54–6.57

4167

19.4

0.94

0.94–0.95

 4 (≥1480.80)

5308

19.0

5.49

5.47–5.50

3617

20.7

0.77

0.76–0.77

IRSD (quintiles)

 0 (≥962.90)

5783

18.2

6.24

6.14–6.34

5093

21.3

1.05

1.05–1.06

 1 (962.91–981.20)

5638

19.8

5.58

5.49–5.67

4908

20.2

1.06

1.06–1.07

 2 (981.21–1001.80)

5565

19.9

5.49

5.40–5.58

4603

20.8

0.97

0.97–0.98

 3 (1001.81–1055.20)

5395

18.2

5.31

5.22–5.39

4258

19.0

0.98

0.98–0.99

 4 (≤1055.21)

5147

21.8

4.64

4.56–4.72

3148

18.5

0.75

0.75–0.76

IEO (quintiles)

 0 (≥943)

6021

18.8

6.30

6.20–6.39

4123

20.0

0.91

0.90–0.91

 1 (944–964)

5655

20.4

5.44

5.35–5.53

4670

20.1

1.02

1.00–1.04

 2 (965–989)

5847

21.1

5.44

5.36–5.53

4559

21.1

0.95

0.95–0.96

 3 (990–1049)

5421

19.8

5.38

5.29–5.46

4801

20.5

1.03

1.03–1.04

 4 (≤1050)

4584

19.6

4.59

4.51–4.67

3857

18.2

0.93

0.93–0.94

IER (quintiles)

 0 (≥963)

6194

20.1

6.04

5.95–6.13

438

18.0

1.09

1.09–1.10

 1 (964–975)

5267

20.3

5.10

5.02–5.18

5422

20.4

1.16

1.16–1.17

 2 (976–999)

4975

19.6

4.99

4.90–5.07

4586

20.1

1.00

1.00–1.01

 3 (1000–1022)

6112

20.0

6.09

6.00–6.18

4172

21.5

0.85

0.85–0.86

 4 (≤1023)

4922

19.8

4.89

4.81–4.98

3392

19.8

0.75

0.75–0.76

GP/1000 population (quintiles)

 0 (≤8.77)

6498

19.7

6.49

6.40–6.59

4119

17.5

1.05

1.03–1.07

 1 (8.78–10.00)

5245

19.9

5.17

5.08–5.25

5169

20.8

0.84

0.70–0.98

 2 (10.10–10.90)

5585

20.2

5.44

5.35–5.53

4370

20.9

0.92

0.90–0.94

 3 (10.91–12.40)

5116

19.9

5.06

4.98–5.15

4479

19.9

0.68

0.65–0.71

 4 (≥12.41)

5084

20.1

4.96

4.88–5.04

3873

20.9

0.79

0.75–0.83