Current statistics in Australia and Western Australia

• Rounding the statistics, about 10% of the Australian population (2 million people) currently have asthma
• Asthma is more common in people aged 75 and over, being at least 11%
• In the 0-14 year age group, more boys have asthma than girls
• In the 15 years and over age group, more female have asthma than males
• Less than 5% of children with asthma have persistent asthma
• The majority of adults with asthma have mild or very mild asthma
• In 2008 there were 449 deaths due to asthma, which was an increase from 2007 when there were 385 deaths