Table 1.

Asthma prevalence, remission and mortality rates (per 1000 population) by age and sex, Victoria 1996*

	Males			Females
Age (years)	Prevalence	Remission	Mortality	Prevalence	Remission	Mortality
0–4	66.00	46.00	0.00	45.00	46.00	0.00
5–14	132.00	79.00	0.01	94.40	79.00	0.00
15–24	63.00	75.00	0.01	62.50	75.00	0.01
25–34	46.00	27.50	0.00	59.90	27.50	0.00
35–44	46.00	12.00	0.01	67.70	12.00	0.01
45–54	48.00	14.00	0.01	78.80	14.00	0.03
55–64	46.00	29.50	0.06	79.70	29.50	0.04
65–74	38.00	35.00	0.14	70.90	35.00	0.12
75+	30.00	30.77	0.51	63.60	30.77	0.44

*See text for references