Table 1

Trends in sex and age specific asthma mortality rates per 100 000 person years in Singapore, 1976–95

		5–14 y				15–34 y				5–34 y				35–59 y				60+ y
		No.	Rate			No.	Rate			No.	Rate			No.	Rate			No.	Rate
Males
1976–80	1	0.08		23	0.95		24	0.65		106	7.83		157	41.0
1981–85	5	0.46		29	1.11		34	0.92		89	6.09		172	39.3
1986–90	3	0.29		39	1.47		42	1.14		113	6.17		169	31.9
1991–95	10	0.93		27	1.05		37	1.02		100	4.29		260	40.8
Females
1976–80	4	0.32		27	1.07		31	0.88		68	5.09		105	23.0
1981–85	5	0.50		17	0.68		22	0.63		68	4.75		108	21.5
1986–90	7	0.72		26	1.03		33	0.94		107	5.93		137	22.6
1991–95	5	0.50		21	0.84		26	0.74		84	3.69		167	22.7
Total
1976–80	5	0.21		50	1.08		55	0.76		174	6.32		262	30.4
1981–85	10	0.48		46	0.90		56	0.78		157	5.42		280	29.8
1986–90	10	0.50		65	1.25		75	1.04		220	6.05		306	26.9
1991–95	15	0.72		48	0.95		63	0.88		184	3.99		427	31.1