Table 1—

Asthma as discharge diagnosis for hospital stays in 1999

	Total	Age yrs
	Total	0–1	1–5	5–15	15–25	25–35	35–45	45–55	55–65	65–75	>75
Total	52794	3625	4988	8713	3981	3548	4306	4530	6631	6804	5667
Male	26039	2401	3266	5482	1470	1450	1659	1757	3142	3299	2113
Female	26753	1224	1722	3231	2511	2097	2647	2773	3488	3505	3554

Modified according to Statistisches Bundesamt, 2000 22.