Potentially preventable hospitalisations 2023-2024 (AIHW)
In 2023-2024, there were 28,778 potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) due to asthma. (ref 1).
This is similar to the year before with 28,238 PPH in 2022-2023, compared to 22,985 in 2021-2022 (a year with pandemic measures), and 32,558 in 2018-2019 before the COVID pandemic. (ref 2)
Note: Asthma PPH are all hospitalisations with asthma as principal diagnosis in people aged 4 and over.
Asthma PPH by jurisdiction (2023-24)
| Table S8.2: Separations for selected potentially preventable hospitalisations(a), by state or territory of usual residence, all hospitals, 2023–24 | |||||||||
| NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total(b) | |
| Asthma | 8,119 | 7,642 | 7,197 | 1,872 | 2,039 | 552 | 575 | 433 | 28,778 |
Asthma PPH rate (per 1,000 people) by Indigenous status and state or territory of residence, 2023-2024 (ref 3)
| Population | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total(c) |
| First Nations people | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Non-Indigenous Australians | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
(c) Includes other territories, overseas residents and unknown state of residence.
Categories:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Hospitalisation, State specific resources
Entry Date:
09/07/2025
Source 1 Name:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Admitted patients: Australian hospital statistics, 2023-24 [Internet]. Data Download Chapter 8, Table S8.2. Canberra: AIHW
Source 1 URL:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/latest-updates-and-downloads/data
Source 2 Name:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Admitted patients: Australian hospital statistics, 2022/23; 2021/22 and 2018/19 [Internet]. Download Chapter 8, Table S8.2. Canberra: AIHW
Source 2 URL:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/latest-updates-and-downloads/data
Source 3 Name:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Admitted patients: Australian hospital statistics, 2023-24 [Internet]. Data Download Chapter 8, Tables S8.4 and S8.5. Canberra: AIHW
Source 3 URL:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/latest-updates-and-downloads/data
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