Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16
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Topic: Injury
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16. AIHW, 2019.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report examined the associations between socioeconomic status and injury morbidity in Australia and looked at the effects of SES on hospitalised injury cases by age, sex, Indigenous status and by a selection of external causes of injury. Overall, the results showed that the effects of SES varied. Generally speaking, rates of hospitalised injury were higher among people from the lowest (most disadvantaged) SES category compared with rates among people from the highest (most advantaged) SES category.
- ISSN: 2205-510X (Online) 1444-3791 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-559-8 (Online) 978-1-76054-560-4 (Print)
- Cat. no: INJCAT 205
- Pages: 69
Findings from this report:
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The associations between SES and injury morbidity varies by age, sex, Indigenous status and external cause of injury
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In general, rates of hospitalised injury were higher among people from the lowest (most disadvantaged) SES group
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The effect was strongest among cases of hospitalised Assault injury
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In Very remote regions, the largest proportion of cases (more than 65%) occurred in the most disadvantaged SES group