ASTHMA – AUSTRALIA

Australians with asthma also more vulnerable to other respiratory conditions

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Jan-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 74 per cent of Australians aged 18+ with asthma also suffer from at least one other lung/breathing condition. The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2015, shows that 51 per cent of adults with asthma reported experiencing hay fever, while 30 per cent of asthmatics reported that they also snored and 13 per cent had come down with bronchitis. The survey also found that 13 per cent of Australian women and nine per cent of men suffer from asthma, while nearly 15 per cent of Australians with a Body Mass Index classified as obese are asthmatic, compared with just under 13 per cent of smokers.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, ASTHMA AUSTRALIA

Struggling for air as asthma rate ranks in world’s highest

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 5 : 19-Nov-14

The "2014 Global Asthma Report" has been released. Co-author Guy Marks, professor of respiratory medicine at the University of New South Wales’s Woolcock Institute, says the data show that Australia has among the highest rates in the world. Some 10% of the population are affected, with 380 fatalities per annum recorded by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare. National Asthma Council Australia CEO Kristine Whorlow recently welcomed a funding pledge of the Federal Government for a new national asthma strategy

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NATIONAL ASTHMA COUNCIL AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH LIMITED