Asthma Atlas for local state and territory breakdowns (PHIDU 2019) – NOT ACCESSIBLE

AA commissioned the PHIDU team to create an Asthma Atlas with prevalence, AAP ownership, hospitalisations, and deaths. It breaks the data down by Commonwealth Electorate Divisions (CED), Population Health Areas (PHAs) and Statistical Area 3 (SA3).
The link to the left takes you to an online atlas.

The data is modelled using 2016/17 hospitalisation data which is not the most updated national or state/territory level data we have. However, this is very useful if you need data broken down by a local level.

Note (Feb 2024): this link is not accessible anymore, and PHIDU has updated their Social Health Atlas maps with the following asthma-specific data: Census 2021 data (for prevalence), asthma hospital admissions 2020/21; asthma potentially preventable hospitalisations 2020/21.

Previous releases of the PHIDU including NHS 2017/2018 prevalence data (2021 release) can be accessed at: https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/social-health-atlases/data-archive/data-archive-social-health-atlases-of-australia

Age Standardised Hospitalisations by State and Territory 2016/17
Number Age-standardised rate per 100,000 standardised ratio 2016/17
State/Territory 0-19 20-44 45+ All ages 0-19 20-44 45+ All ages All ages
ACT 254 141 141 536 246.1 87.8 101.3 133 77
NSW 7,908 2,154 3,667 13,729 411.4 79.5 117.4 177.4 103
QLD 3,815.0 1,911 2831 8,557 304.9 113.7 149 174.9 101
SA 1,886.0 583 858 3,327 469.1 104 114.1 197 114
NT 161.0 141 140 442 226.1 138 200.1 174.2 101
WA 1,182.0 522 879 2,583 179.9 56 91.2 100.4 58
Victoria 5,668.0 2,604 3356 11,628 373.3 116 138.5 189.4 109
Tasmania 239.0 189 434 862 195.8 122.7 180.7 168.2 97
Australia 21,198 8,315 12,358 41,871 350.5 97.3 128.6 173 100
Categories: Deaths, Hospitalisation, Prevalence
Author: Agnes
Entry Date: 12/02/2025
Source 1 Name: Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) 2019, Asthma Atlas of Australia. Adelaide: PHIDU
Source 1 URL: http://www.atlasesaustralia.com.au/asthma_aust/atlas.html