Table 2.

Crude rates, ASRs and group annual rates for asthma hospital admissions per 100 000 population, Ecuador 2000–2018

Year	Hospital admissions			Age groups (years)					Sex		Region
	N	Crude	ASRs	<5	5–19	20–44	45–64	>64	Male	Female	Coast	Andean	AG
2000	3513	28	27.8	62.8	28.2	11.9	28.7	60.9	25.3	30.8	29.6	24.1	49.1
2001	2812	21.9	22.2	45.6	21.3	10.1	21.9	57.4	18.8	25.1	22.8	18.9	40
2002	2919	22.3	22.0	50.1	21.4	10.7	21.1	50.1	19.7	26.6	23.3	18.5	44
2003	2933	22.0	21.6	55.3	20.1	9.2	21.7	49.2	19.4	24.8	22.4	19.5	40.2
2004	3208	23.7	23.3	61.6	19.2	10.4	24.6	55.3	21.3	26.1	25.0	19.9	43.6
2005	3409	24.8	24.0	61.7	23.6	11.1	19.4	59.0	23.2	26.5	26.2	21.0	43.7
2006	3057	21.9	21.4	49.6	20.6	10.5	20.9	47.6	19.9	23.9	22.9	19.3	33.6
2007	3381	23.8	22.4	62.1	24.9	9.1	18.5	46.7	22.5	25.0	27.7	18.5	31.5
2008	3574	24.7	23.2	62.5	25.9	10.2	20.4	43.9	24.1	25.3	28.4	19.6	33.3
2009	3277	22.2	21.0	53.7	23.8	9.2	18.9	40.3	20.6	23.9	25.4	17.1	36.7
2010	3344	22.3	20.6	53.2	27.0	9.1	15.7	35.0	21.2	23.3	25.7	17.7	28.7
2011	3320	21.7	19.9	58.2	26.7	7.3	15.5	30.9	20.7	22.8	26.5	15.5	29.0
2012	3207	20.7	18.9	54.4	26.4	8.2	13.4	24.2	20.0	21.3	23.5	16.3	31.8
2013	3103	19.6	18	48.7	26.5	8.0	11.9	24.0	18.3	21.0	22.9	15.7	23.5
2014	3092	19.3	17.6	53.9	27.0	6.1	11.5	21.2	18.9	19.7	21.4	16.4	24.0
2015	2657	16.3	15	44.0	23.3	5.4	9.8	18.3	16.0	16.6	16.8	14.8	24.6
2016	2676	16.2	14.9	43.7	23.9	4.9	9.6	18.5	15.4	16.9	15.8	16.0	21.3
2017	2435	14.5	13.6	32.4	22.2	5.6	8.7	17.5	13.7	15.4	14.1	14.3	20.4
2018	2333	13.7	12.9	33.7	20.6	5.1	8.7	14.6	13.0	14.4	13.6	13.5	17.1

AG, Amazon and Galapagos regions; ASR, age-standardised rate.