Table 4. Estimated number of asthmatic individuals according to age-specific prevalence and population distribution in Germany, 2016.

Age (years)	Men						Women						Estimated total no. with asthma
	Study population			General population			Study population			General population
	No. in age group	No. with asthma	Age-specific prevalence, %	No. in age groupa	Estimated no. with asthma		No. in age group	No. with asthma	Age-specific prevalence, %	No. in age groupa	Estimated no. with asthma
0–4	1 771 042	59 148	3.34	1 928 588	64 410		1 677 271	34 576	2.06	1 827 858	37 680		102 090
5–9	1 569 396	109 111	6.95	1 857 190	129 120		1 478 437	64 158	4.34	1 756 737	76 235		205 355
10–14	1 515 903	124 047	8.18	1 893 522	154 948		1 443 678	72 759	5.04	1 784 673	89 945		244 892
15–19	1 730 793	107 740	6.22	2 187 398	136 163		1 737 891	91 789	5.28	1 985 471	104 865		241 028
20–24	1 821 178	90 926	4.99	2 395 930	119 622		2 041 879	101 115	4.95	2 178 101	107 861		227 482
25–29	2 100 612	96 094	4.57	2 787 105	127 498		2 524 419	118 397	4.69	2 579 651	120 987		248 486
30–34	2 013 412	91 524	4.55	2 676 180	121 652		2 442 474	116 888	4.79	2 544 895	121 789		243 441
35–39	1 904 544	91 847	4.82	2 557 606	123 341		2 336 686	129 876	5.56	2 500 432	138 977		262 318
40–44	1 747 299	91 723	5.25	2 428 357	127 475		2 154 455	141 423	6.56	2 393 629	157 123		284 597
45–49	2 264 863	124 756	5.51	3 162 743	174 214		2 769 872	196 366	7.09	3 097 169	219 569		393 783
50–54	2 614 771	143 622	5.49	3 526 252	193 687		3 127 034	228 242	7.30	3 458 055	252 403		446 090
55–59	2 373 283	125 996	5.31	3 104 747	164 829		2 801 087	207 805	7.42	3 118 379	231 344		396 173
60–64	2 007 021	105 276	5.25	2 573 457	134 988		2 389 896	184 920	7.74	2 707 823	209 520		344 508
65–69	1 735 885	92 659	5.34	2 186 608	116 718		2 110 117	167 593	7.94	2 376 693	188 765		305 483
70–74	1 408 139	74 983	5.32	1 703 714	90 722		1 765 368	140 265	7.95	1 951 223	155 032		245 754
> 74	3 506 752	167 832	4.79	3 727 721	178 408		5 530 562	340 056	6.15	5 563 746	342 096		520 504
Total	32 084 893	1 697 284	NA	40 697 118	2 157 793		38 331 126	2 336 228	NA	41 824 535	2 554 193		4 711 986

NA: not applicable.

^a German population data for the year 2016 were obtained from the Federal Statistical Office.¹⁹