The statistics behind asthma will be known to almost everyone reading this report. A disease affecting 2.2 million Australians, it reaches across all age groups. One in six children of primary-school age has asthma, while, at the other end of the spectrum, chronic asthma affects up to 10% of people aged over 65. In recent years, the figures have improved, but the incidence of asthma in Australian society remains unacceptably high.
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