Table 1. Average annual percentage change of bronchiectasis as a hospital discharge diagnosis, stratified by sex, bronchiectasis diagnosis and age group.

	Males			Females
Age group (years)	Annual % change	95% CI (Wald)	P value	Annual % change	95% CI (Wald)	P value
Bronchiectasis as the primary hospital discharge diagnosis (n = 12,284)
0–24	1.7	−3.0–6.5	0.48	6.2	−0.2–12.6	0.056
25–34	8.3	1.3–15.8	0.020	4.2	−3.2–11.6	0.27
35–44	2.7	0.1–5.5	0.046	3.0	−0.6–6.5	0.105
45–54	6.2	2.0–10.6	0.003	0.2	−2.7–3.1	0.91
55–64	−1.5	−4.4–1.4	0.31	−1.5	−5.0–1.9	0.39
65–74	6.9	2.9–11.0	0.0006	10.3	7.1–13.7	<0.000001
75–84	8.5	4.1–13.0	<0.0001	5.6	−0.3–11.5	0.064
≥85	−0.1	−7.1–6.9	0.97	5.8	−5.4–16.9	0.31
All ages	4.2	2.7–5.7	<0.000001	4.3	3.0–5.6	<0.000001
Bronchiectasis as a primary or secondary hospital discharge diagnosis (n = 61,838)
0–24	0.9	−3.1–4.9	0.67	1.2	−0.9–3.3	0.27
25–34	1.7	−1.2–4.6	0.24	7.4	3.7–11.3	0.00007
35–44	4.5	2.4–6.7	0.00003	1.6	−1.7–4.9	0.35
45–54	4.4	1.6–7.2	0.002	−0.1	−1.8–1.7	0.95
55–64	0.3	−2.8–3.4	0.84	−2.2	−4.0–(−0.4)	0.014
65–74	5.8	4.6–6.9	<0.000001	6.5	4.7–8.3	<0.000001
75–84	1.6	0.3–2.9	0.014	5.6	3.4–7.9	0.000001
≥85	4.2	2.1–6.4	0.00008	2.9	−2.3–8.0	0.28
All ages	2.7	1.3–4.2	0.0002	3.0	1.7–4.2	0.000005