According to the National Health Survey 2022, over 1 in four Australians 23.9% had Allergic Rhinitis (AR or hay fever) in 2022: Age 0–14 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65 years and over 15–44 25–44 45–64 65–74 75 years and over 0–17 18 years and over 15 years and over Total all ages AR prevalence…
Each year is a different NHS survey, need to go into past and future releases, and download the data for each one. Prevalence of hay fever in Australia 2001 – 2017/18 Year % 2001 15.5 2004/05 16.0 2007/08 15.1 2011/12 16.8 2014/15 19.5 2017/18 19.3
30% of people who were impacted by thunderstorm asthma, had never had asthma symptoms before. Grass pollen concentrations on Nov 21, 2016, were extremely high (>100 grains/m3). At 1800 AEDT, a gust front crossed Melbourne, plunging temperatures 10°C, raising humidity above 70%, and concentrating particulate matter. Within 30 h, there were 3365 (672%) excess respiratory-related…
– Over the two days of the event (21-22 November 2016), 9909 people presented at public hospital emergency departments in metropolitan Melbourne and Geelong. This includes all presentations, not just asthma/respiratory related ones. This was a 58% increase on the three year average. – There were 2,953 presentations to public hospitals in Melbourne and Geelong…
19.3% of Australians had allergic rhinitis (one in five) in 2017/18. This has increased from 15.5% in 2001. The Australian Capital Territory has the highest prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Prevalence of hay fever by state and territory 2017/18 ACT 29.4 NSW 17.3 NT 13.3 QLD 15.3 SA 22.7 Tas 21.3 Vic 23.1 WA 20 Australia…