Asthma hospitalisations: trends over time 2014-2015 to 2023-2024 (AIHW)

According to AIHW Asthma webpage:

From 2014–15 to 2023–24:

• the rate of hospitalisations decreased, from around 165 to 120 per 100,000 population (age-standardised rate: 169 in 2014-15 to 123 in 2023-24)
• the proportion of overnight hospitalisations decreased from 69% to 65%, while the average length of overnight stays remained relatively stable over the period, and was 2.6 days in 2023–24 (Figure 2).
• It should be noted that the rate of hospitalisations over the past few years has been affected by the COVID‑19 pandemic.

Age-standardised hospitalisation rates (asthma as principal diagnosis):