Table 1.

Hospitalisation Rates Per 100,000 Apulian Residents, by Year and Principal Diagnosis.

Diagnosis	2005		2006		2007
	Hospitalised in Puglia	In other regions	Hospitalised in Puglia	In other regions	Hospitalised in Puglia	In other regions
Bronchitis not specified as acute or chronic	6.2	0.3	6.6	0.1	5.9	0.1
Chronic bronchitis	359.4	7.5	321.8	7.4	307.9	7.1
Emphysema	4.3	0.5	4.5	0.4	4.2	0.4
Asthma	63.5	3.4	65.5	2.9	64.8	2.9
Bronchiectasis	5.6	0.7	6.0	0.9	5.6	0.6
Chronic airway obstruction not elsewhere classified	1.0	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.1
Acute respiratory failure	191.6	6.4	188.2	3.9	197.6	3.4
Total	631.6	189	593,2	15,6	586,4	14,6

Puglia, 2005-2007