Age specific and standardised asthma mortality rates per 100 000 person years in Chinese, Malay, and Indian subjects in Singapore, 1989–95
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–14 y | 15–34 y | 5–34 y | 35–59 y | 60+ y | 5–14 y | 15–34 y | 5–34 y | 35–59 y | 60+ y | Age standardised rate | ||||
| Chinese | 0.55 (6) | 0.86 (24) | 0.8 (30) | 3.2 (81) | 40.5 (184) | 0.20 (2) | 0.26 (7) | 0.2 (9) | 3.1 (76) | 23.7 (133) | 4.5 (295) | 2.8 (218) | ||
| Malay | 0.78 (2) | 2.92 (16) | 2.2 (18) | 10.6 (36) | 104.8 (92) | 0.83 (2) | 3.66 (19) | 2.8 (21) | 11.8 (41) | 82.8 (63) | 13.9 (146) | 12.4 (125) | ||
| Indian | 0.00 (0) | 1.57 (4) | 1.1 (4) | 9.7 (21) | 45.4 (38) | 1.00 (1) | 1.63 (4) | 1.4 (5) | 7.1 (14) | 45.1 (14) | 7.7 (63) | 6.8 (33) | ||
Numbers of subjects are shown in parentheses.
Mortality rates were directly standardised to the age distribution of the general Singapore population in 1992.