A new study has found a trend in childhood asthma rates in Australia's four biggest cities.
rates between inner city and outer suburban children in Australia, a new study based on the latest census data has revealed.
But their study found children in outer suburbs were twice as likely to have asthma with a 12 per cent rate compared to only six per cent in the inner city.Sydney's prevalance of asthma in children mapped from highest to lowest . Associate Professor Ewan Cameron said the trend was mapped and proved to be true for the four biggest cities - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth - and socioeconomic factors were behind the high rates in poorer suburban areas.
"People in lower socio-economic areas, many of whom are renting, often lack the means to alleviate these issues and may have poorer access to health care support for asthma management." Perth's prevalance of asthma in children mapped from highest to lowest . Cameron said it was surprising how similar all the cities performed with their asthma rates despite the pandemic exposing health inequities between the wealthier and poor parts of the country.
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