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1 in 10 Australians Have Asthma

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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a snapshot of the latest statistics on asthma in the country, showing one in 10 Australians suffer from asthma, or more than two million people.

Less than a quarter, or 24% of people with asthma had a written action plan, with children up to 14 years old most likely to have one.

The snapshot said $655m was spent on asthma in 2008-09, 0.9% of all direct health expenditure on diseases, with 38,681 hospitalisations in 2011-12 where asthma was the principal diagnosis, 0.4% of all hospitalisations.

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Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Thursday 17 July 2014