Asthma hospitalisation trends from 2010 to 2015: variation among rural and metropolitan Australians

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Table 2 Descriptive data associated with asthma hospital separation rates from 2010 to 11 to 2014–15

Age (years)	n	Percentage	Incidence rate (per 1000 population)	95% CI	n	Percentage	Incidence rate (per 1000 population)	95% CI
	Female				Male
0–4	5888	32.1%	6.88	6.86–6.90	12,441	67.9%	13.76	13.72–13.80
5–9	2560	36.9%	3.16	3.15–3.17	4369	63.1%	5.13	3.45–6.80
10–14	975	42.9%	1.21	1.21–1.22	1298	57.1%	1.53	0.49–2.57
15–19	888	60.0%	1.03	1.02–1.03	592	40.0%	0.65	−0.30-1.61
20–24	1064	66.1%	1.06	1.05–1.06	545	33.9%	0.52	−0.45-1.49
25–29	996	68.5%	0.95	0.95–0.96	457	31.5%	0.43	−0.49-1.34
30–34	1153	69.2%	1.18	1.17–1.18	512	30.8%	0.52	−0.50-1.55
35–39	1314	70.2%	1.31	1.31–1.32	557	29.8%	0.57	−0.51-1.65
40–44	1241	69.7%	1.22	1.22–1.22	539	30.3%	0.55	−0.49-1.59
45–49	1188	66.2%	1.23	1.23–1.24	606	33.8%	0.65	−0.40-1.70
50–54	1019	60.7%	1.10	1.10–1.11	660	39.3%	0.74	−0.25-1.73
55–59	1033	68.7%	1.25	1.24–1.25	471	31.3%	0.59	−0.46-1.64
60–64	1061	65.2%	1.40	1.39–1.40	567	34.8%	0.78	−0.34-1.89
65–69	991	74.0%	1.67	1.66–1.68	349	26.0%	0.61	−0.61-1.83
70–74	832	73.4%	1.78	1.78–1.79	302	26.6%	0.68	−0.58-1.94
75–79	790	71.0%	2.04	2.03–2.05	322	29.0%	0.98	−0.37-2.33
80–84	728	74.1%	2.20	2.19–2.21	255	25.9%	1.04	−0.37-2.44
85+	721	79.5%	2.11	2.10–2.12	186	20.5%	1.04	−0.33-2.41

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