In 2023-2024 there were about 92,000 presentations to the Emergency Department of public hospitals with asthma.* Specifically 91,480 presentations with asthma were recorded across complexity level A, B and C, of which: – about 46,000 (50%) were admitted (including admission in the emergency department, admission to another hospital ward, including a short stay unit, or admission…
See linked Excel spreadsheets for ACT ED admission data 2022, 2023 and Jan-Sep 2024, for the two ACT public hospitals (Canberra and North Canberra Hospitals). ACT Health asthma ED stats 2022 to 2023 ACT Health asthma ED stats 2022 to 2023.xlsx ACT Health asthma ED stats Jan to Sept 2024 CHS DATA REPORT ACT Health…
According to AIHW asthma report: Between 2018–19 and 2021–22, ED presentation rates decreased from 300 to 240 per 100,000 population and were higher for females compared with males. In 2021–22, asthma ED presentations rates were around twice as high for: people living in Remote areas compared with people living in Major cities (420 and 215 per 100,000 population, respectively)…
In 2023-2024 there were about 92,000 presentations to the Emergency Department of public hospitals with asthma.* Specifically, 92,288 presentations with asthma were recorded across complexity level A, B and C, of which: – about 44,000 (48%) were admitted (including admission in the emergency department, admission to another hospital ward, including a short stay unit, or…