Figure 7.4.19. Hospitalizations for asthma, by age group
Age-specific rate per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London, 2018
Source:
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Date Extracted: Sep 17, 2019, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH Ontario; Population Estimates, Date Extracted: Sep 30, 2019, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH Ontario.When comparing across age groups, hospitalization rates for asthma followed a u-shaped; where rates were highest among the youngest (age ≤19, 96.1 per 100,000) and oldest age groups (age 75+, 95.2 per 100,000), and lowest among the age groups in the middle.