Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12

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Release Date: 04 Nov 2014
Author: AIHW
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During 2011-12, over 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of an injury sustained while playing sport. This represented 8% of all injury hospitalisations during that year. Around two thirds of those admitted to hospital were aged under 35 and over three quarters were men.

ISSN: 1444-3791
ISBN: 978-1-74249-658-0
Cat. no: INJCAT 168
Pages: 143

Findings from this report:

Wheeled motor sports contributed the highest number of days spent by patients in hospital
During 2011-12, over 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of playing sport
Around two-thirds of those admitted to hospital were aged under 35 and over three-quarters were men
Motor sports, water sports and football together accounted for nearly half (47%) of sports injury hospitalisations

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
  - Which sports were involved?
  - Who was injured and what injuries occurred?
Body section
1 Introduction
- 1.1 Methods and data sources
- 1.2 Structure of this report
2 Hospitalised sports injury overview
- 2.1 Age and sex
- 2.2 Nature and location of injury
- 2.3 Mechanism of injury
- 2.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 2.5 Severity of injury
- 2.6 Where the injury occurred
- 2.7 Types of sport
- 2.8 Total days spent by patients due to sports injury
3 Football
- 3.1 Rugby
- 3.2 Australian Rules football
- 3.3 Soccer
- 3.4 Touch football
- 3.5 Other and unspecified football
- 3.6 Football code comparison
4 Combative sports
- 4.1 Age and sex
- 4.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 4.3 Mechanism of injury
- 4.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 4.5 Severity of injury
- 4.6 Comparison between martial arts and boxing
5 Netball and basketball
- 5.1 Netball
- 5.2 Basketball
- 5.3 Comparison between netball and basketball
6 Wheeled motor sports
- 6.1 Age and sex
- 6.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 6.3 Mechanism of injury
- 6.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 6.5 Severity of injury
- 6.6 Where the injury occurred
7 Ice and snow sports
- 7.1 Age and sex
- 7.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 7.3 Mechanism of injury
- 7.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 7.5 Severity of injury
8 Water sports
- 8.1 Age and sex
- 8.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 8.3 Mechanism of injury
- 8.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 8.5 Severity of injury
9 Roller sports
- 9.1 Age and sex
- 9.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 9.3 Mechanism of injury
- 9.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 9.5 Severity of injury
10 Equestrian activities
- 10.1 Age and sex
- 10.2 Nature and bodily location of injury
- 10.3 Mechanism of injury
- 10.4 Remoteness of usual residence
- 10.5 Severity of injury
- 10.6 Where the injury occurred
11 Other sports
- 11.1 Fishing
- 11.2 Dancing
- 11.3 Walking and running
- 11.4 Cycling
- 11.5 Adventure and extreme sports
- 11.6 Gymnastics and trampolining
- 11.7 Hockey
- 11.8 Cricket
- 11.9 Racquet sports
- 11.10 Golf
End matter
- Appendix A: Data issues
  - Data sources
  - Definitions
  - Selecting sports cases
  - Estimating cases
  - Length of stay
  - Rates
  - ABS Participation in Sport and Physical Recreation survey
  - Confidentiality and reliability of data
  - Errors, inconsistencies and uncertainties
  - Data Quality Statement: National Hospital Morbidity Database
  - Summary of key issues
- Appendix B: Additional tables
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures

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