National Asthma Week 1-7 September
13 Aug 2024
Get set for National Asthma Week with the National Asthma Council's free resources to promote the importance of asthma management such as ensuring correct medication use and device technique and having an up to date asthma action plan.
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Key facts
Around 2.8 million (11%) people in Australia were estimated to be living with asthma in 2022.
It accounted for 2.5% of total disease burden and 35% of the total burden of disease for all respiratory conditions in 2023.
In 2020–21, an estimated $851.7 million was spent on the treatment and management of asthma, representing 0.6% of total health system expenditure and 19% of expenditure for all respiratory conditions.
It is also the leading cause of total burden in children aged 1–9 years and disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In 2018–19, around 128,000 (16%) First Nations people were estimated to be living with asthma.
Source: https://www.aihw.gov.au/report..
