Table 16. Population by First Illness, 10 Year Age Group & Sex, 2001
	Males
	Illness	Age Group										Percentage
		0 - 9	10 - 19	20 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 59	60 - 69	70 - 79	80 & 0ver	Total
	Sickle cell anaemia	7	10	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	26	2.4%
	Arthritis	0	2	1	8	11	22	38	40	29	151	14.0%
	Asthma	72	57	21	10	7	4	5	2	1	179	16.6%
	Diabetes	0	2	5	13	27	44	33	17	11	152	14.1%
	Hypertension	0	1	5	19	48	38	31	19	6	167	15.5%
	Heart disease	3	1	5	1	4	6	7	2	2	31	2.9%
	Stroke	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	7	0.6%
	Kidney disease	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	8	0.7%
	Cancer	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0.4%
	Lupus	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.3%
	Mental illness	0	3	5	5	6	1	1	2	1	24	2.2%
	Allergies	49	56	35	25	14	9	5	1	0	194	18.0%
	Other	8	21	25	23	31	9	7	4	6	134	12.4%
	Total	140	156	106	109	150	136	135	88	60	1,080	100.0%
	Females
		Age Group										Percentage
	Illness	0 - 9	10 - 19	20 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 59	60 - 69	70 - 79	80 & 0ver	Total
	Sickle cell anaemia	12	11	10	8	4	0	0	0	0	45	3.2%
	Arthritis	0	1	6	11	30	40	72	67	44	271	19.2%
	Asthma	43	56	19	22	9	3	4	1	6	163	11.5%
	Diabetes	0	4	3	18	50	47	34	42	9	207	14.7%
	Hypertension	0	2	13	41	74	47	45	44	15	281	19.9%
	Heart disease	1	2	5	5	7	3	2	2	6	33	2.3%
	Stroke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.1%
	Kidney disease	0	0	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	12	0.8%
	Cancer	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	1	11	0.8%
	Lupus	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	7	0.5%
	Mental illness	0	1	3	2	9	2	0	1	3	21	1.5%
	Allergies	49	54	53	48	21	11	3	2	0	241	17.1%
	Other	11	20	20	19	19	12	5	7	5	118	8.4%
	Total	117	151	139	181	230	170	166	167	91	1,412	100.0%
	Both
		Age Group										Percentage
	Illness	0 - 9	10 - 19	20 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 59	60 - 69	70 - 79	80 & 0ver	Total
	Sickle cell anaemia	19	21	14	11	6	0	0	0	0	71	2.8%
	Arthritis	0	3	7	19	41	62	110	107	73	422	16.9%
	Asthma	115	113	40	32	16	7	9	3	7	342	13.7%
	Diabetes	0	6	8	31	77	91	67	59	20	359	14.4%
	Hypertension	0	3	18	60	122	85	76	63	21	448	18.0%
	Heart disease	4	3	10	6	11	9	9	4	8	64	2.6%
	Stroke	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	9	0.4%
	Kidney disease	0	1	4	6	1	4	2	0	2	20	0.8%
	Cancer	1	0	1	3	3	2	4	0	1	15	0.6%
	Lupus	1	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	10	0.4%
	Mental illness	0	4	8	7	15	3	1	3	4	45	1.8%
	Allergies	98	110	88	73	35	20	8	3	0	435	17.5%
	Other	19	41	45	42	50	21	12	11	11	252	10.1%
	Total	257	307	245	290	380	306	301	255	151	2,492	100.0%