TABLE 2

Mortality rates of chronic lower respiratory diseases (per 100 000 person-years) by age at onset and time period in Italy

Age years	Calendar period							Total
Age years	1979–1980	1981–1985	1986–1990	1991–1995	1996–2000	2001–2005^#	2006–2010	Total
0–4	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4
5–9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
10–14	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2
15–20	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3
20–24	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3
25–29	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3
30–34	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4
35–39	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.6
40–44	1.9	1.7	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.6	1.1
45–49	4.0	3.7	2.6	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.0	2.2
50–54	9.8	8.8	5.8	4.0	3.4	2.6	2.3	4.9
55–59	21.6	20.3	13.8	9.9	7.2	5.6	4.8	11.2
60–64	48.5	39.9	31.9	23.2	16.7	13.3	10.8	23.8
65–69	90.2	84.8	64.6	53.9	40.2	29.8	23.9	51.1
70–74	166.2	160.1	139.1	109.3	89.8	73.1	55.2	105.9
75–79	278.6	283.7	253.6	215.4	180.2	159.2	127.8	202.0
80–84	454.6	463.0	439.6	374.3	329.1	300.4	282.4	358.7
>85	653.2	727.4	741.1	705.6	663.4	673.1	665.9	686.2
Total	33.7	35.1	35.0	34.3	33.9	34.4	35.7	34.7
ASR	57.7	58.7	53.9	46.8	40.7	37.6	34.2	45.2

Age-standardised rates (ASRs) were calculated using the 2013 European Standard Population. ^#: information for the years 2004 and 2005 was not available.