A cute respiratory infections (ARIs) are responsible for an estimated 8.2% of the world's total burden of disability and premature death. 1 ARIs are a leading cause of health care service usage worldwide, being managed at approximately 20% of medical consultations and accounting for 30% of absences from work and 75% of all antibiotic prescriptions in developed nations. [1][2][3][4][5] Repor ts suggest that preschool children suffer from 6-10 episodes of acute respiratory tract infections per year and may spend 30-40% of their time with ARI symptoms, whereas adults average 2-4 respiratory infections annually. [6][7][8] In developing countries, ARIs are also a leading cause of death, killing approximately four million children each year. 9 Although the signif icant contribution of respiratory infections to morbidity and health resource utilisation is well recognised, it is difficult to accurately determine the total health burden of respiratory diseases. Extrapolation of Australian data pub lished in a recent Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) sur vey suggests that there are approximately 7.4 million encounters per year in which GPs manage upper respiratory tract infections. 10 However, there are few published repor ts that provide detailed and up-to-date data regarding the rate of respiratory events in the community.The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and rate of respiratory episodes among 600 Australian families in
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