Table 1.
Number and average annual rates for asthma hospital admissions and mortality in Ecuador, 2000–2018
| Characteristics | Hospital admissions for asthma n (%) | Average annual rate of hospital admissions per 100 000 population (95% CI) |
Asthma deaths n (%) |
Average asthma mortality rate per 100 000 population (95% CI) |
| Overall | 58 250 (100) | 21 (19.3 to 22.8) | 1328 (100) | 0.5 (0.44 to 0.6) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 27 123 (46.6) | 19.6 (18 to 21.2) | 663 (49.9) | 0.52 (0.43 to 0.59) |
| Female | 31 227 (53.4) | 22.6 (20.5 to 24.7) | 665 (50.1) | 0.52 (0.42 to 0.61) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| <5 | 16 087 (27.6) | 51.9 (47.5 to 56.3) | 128 (9) | 0.44 (0.27 to 0.57) |
| 5–19 | 20 605 (35.4) | 23.8 (22.4 to 25.1) | 122 (8.6) | 0.13 (0.09 to 0.18) |
| 20–44 | 8582 (14.7) | 8.5 (7.4 to 9.5) | 151 (10.6) | 0.14 (0.11 to 0.17) |
| 45–64 | 6852 (11.8) | 16.9 (14 to 19.7) | 178 (12.5) | 0.42 (0.33 to 0.51) |
| >64 | 6119 (10.5) | 37.6 (29.9 to 45.3) | 843 (59.3) | 4.9 (4.13 to 5.80) |
| Region | ||||
| Coast | 31 597 (54.2) | 22.8 (20.6 to 25.1) | 782 (58.9) | 0.59 (0.53 to 0.67) |
| Andean | 21 967 (37.8) | 17.7 (16.5 to 19) | 512 (38.5) | 0.46 (0.32 to 0.59) |
| Amazon and Galapagos | 4500 (8) | 32.4 (28 to 36.9) | 34 (2.60) | 0.27 (0.12 to 0.43) |