Difference in prevalence by demographic data 2020-2021 (ABS, AIHW)

– People born in Australia compared to overseas:12.4% vs 7.3% in 2022 (ref 3); 12.6% compared to 6.0% in 2020-2021 (ref 1)
– People who lived in Inner Regional areas are more likely than those who lived in Outer Regional and Remote areas to have asthma (13.1% compared to 9.2% in 2020-2021, ref 1)
– People living in the Outer regional and remote areas compared to Major cities (aged standardised rate 13% vs 11% in 2017-2018, 1.2 times more likely, ref 2)
– People with a profound or severe core activity limitation are almost three times more likely than those with no disability to have asthma (23.3% and 8.2% in 2020-2021, ref 1); while people with a disability were more likely to have asthma than those without in 2022 (17.0% vs 8.0%; ref 3)
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians (ref 1 and 2)
– People living in areas of most disadvantage were more likely to have asthma than those living in areas of least disadvantage: 13.2% vs 10.2% in 2022(ref3 )
– people living in the lowest socioeconomic areas compared to highest socioeconomic areas (aged-standardised rate 13% vs 10% in 2017-2018, 1.3 times more likely, ref 2)

Note: Data first entered in March 2022 then updated in May 2022 and January 2024.