“More boys than girls have asthma. However, after teenage years, asthma is more common in women than in men.”
Reports & Statistics
Asthma Care Resources Guide
30th Sep 2007
This document is a guide for asthma educators, GPs and other health professionals to the health system resources available for asthma management. Information in this guide is based on the Asthma Care Models project report, prepared by the National Asthma Council Australia for the Department of Health and Ageing, 2007.
Asthma in Australia 2004-05
1st May 2007
Asthma in Australia: Findings from the 2004–05 National Health Survey
This report presents results from the National Health Survey conducted in 2004–05 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This survey provides Australia’s only nationwide source of individual experiences with asthma, including prevalence, management, quality of life and exposure to known risk factors. This report also compares findings from the current survey with those from the previous National Health Survey in 2001.
Asthma in Australia 2008
20th Oct 2008
Asthma remains a significant health problem in Australia, with prevalence and death rates that are high by international standards despite declines, according to this report from the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Asthma in Australia 2011
18th Oct 2011
Asthma is an important health problem in Australia. This report from the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare brings together data from a wide range of sources to describe the current status of asthma in Australia. It also includes a chapter that focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in Australians aged 55 years and over.
Asthma Mortality Statistics
25th May 2011
Asthma-related deaths in Australia have now dropped from a peak of 964 in 1989 to less than half that number, which is all the more significant when Australia's ageing population is considered. Yet every asthma death is a tragedy, and people of all ages must continue to take asthma seriously.
Burden of Disease due to Asthma 2003
1st Sep 2009
Burden of Disease Due to Asthma in Australia 2003
The report summarises the asthma-related findings of two key Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reports — 'The burden of disease and injury in Australia 2003' and 'The burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2003'.
Impact of Asthma on Quality of Life
17th Dec 2004
Measuring the impact of asthma on quality of life in the Australian population
The report provides a comprehensive review of approaches to measuring the impact of asthma on quality of life that can be used in population-based monitoring. Policy makers, data agencies and researchers in measuring population health may find this report useful.
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