Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys
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Topic: Injury
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys. AIHW, 2018.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Hospitalised assault injuries among men and boys, AIHW, Canberra.
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This fact sheet examines cases of hospitalised assault against men in 2014–15. Almost 13,000 men and boys were hospitalised as a result of an assault. Rates of assault were highest at 20–24 years. Over half (61%) of all men and boys were assaulted by bodily force. The most common injury as a result of an assault was a fracture (40%). Half (53%) of all hospitalised assault injury cases involving men and boys had an unspecified person listed as the perpetrator. In cases where the perpetrator was specified, about two-thirds (64%, or 3,720) of hospitalised assault injuries were perpetrated by a person known to the victim.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-301-3
- Cat. no: INJCAT 196
- Pages: 6
Findings from this report:
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Nearly 13,000 men and boys were hospitalised due to assault in 2014–15, over half (54%) were aged between 15 and 39
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Just over 60% of all hospitalised assault injuries were caused by bodily force (an unarmed brawl or fight)
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Fractures were the most common type of injury (40%) and most hospitalised assault injuries (94%) were to the upper body
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Over two-thirds (64%) of all assault cases for men and boys are attributable to perpetrators known to the victim