Table 1

Asthma deaths/rate per 100000 in Australia by age from 2005 to 2008

Age	2005	2006	2007	2008	Overall
0–9	3	0	1	7	11
10–19	4	5	4	4	17
20–29	14	11	16	9	50
30–39	11	8	15	23	57
40–49	34	22	24	25	105
50–59	22	27	32	36	117
60–69	39	56	52	53	200
Total under 70 years	127	129	144	157	557
70–79	47	68	53	61	229
80–89	144	205	188	229	766
Total 70 years and over	191	273	241	290	995
Overall deaths and rate per 100000/year	318 (1. 5)	402(1.8)	385 (1.7)	449 (1.9)	1552