Table 1 Hospitalisation Rates Per 100,000 Apulian Residents, by Year and Principal Diagnosis.
Diagnosis | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitalised in Puglia | In other regions | Hospitalised in Puglia | In other regions | Hospitalised in Puglia | In other regions | |
Bronchitis not specified as acute or chronic | 6.2 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
Chronic bronchitis | 359.4 | 7.5 | 321.8 | 7.4 | 307.9 | 7.1 |
Emphysema | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
Asthma | 63.5 | 3.4 | 65.5 | 2.9 | 64.8 | 2.9 |
Bronchiectasis | 5.6 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
Chronic airway obstruction not elsewhere classified | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Acute respiratory failure | 191.6 | 6.4 | 188.2 | 3.9 | 197.6 | 3.4 |
Total | 631.6 | 189 | 593,2 | 15,6 | 586,4 | 14,6 |