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AbstractTwo hundred and fifty-five admissions for acute asthma with a minimum 25% PEFR improvement in patients aged 15–44 years were studied in 1991–1992. Two hundred of these patients were in the white ethnic group (84 male; 116 female) with 33 (17·4%) being readmissions (15 male; 18 female). Fifty-five admissions (19 male; 36 female) were in the Indian subcontinent (ISC) ethnic group with 3 (5·5%; all female) readmissions. The readmission rate was significantly higher in the white ethnic group (χ2=4·83; 0·05<P<0·01). Admission rates per thousand population in 5-yr cohorts were calculated from the 1991 Census data. The admission rate was higher in the ISC ethnic group in all cohorts except females aged 15–19 years, and was significantly hi...
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