TABLE 3.
Condition | Aboriginal children, %
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Non-Aboriginal children, %
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Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
Ever asthma | 4.4 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 10.0 |
Current asthma | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
Current wheeze | 15.7 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 14.5 |
Asthma-like symptoms | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 18.8 | 17.3 | 18.1 |
Prevalence estimates were weighted using normalized cross-sectional weights