Injury mortality and socioeconomic influence in Australia 2015–16

An analysis of the changes over time for the lowest (most disadvantaged) and highest (least disadvantaged) socioeconomic groups for Unintentional thermal injury deaths is shown in Figure 3.11. Annual rates of Unintentional thermal injury deaths in the lowest (most disadvantaged) group ranged from 2 to 10 times as high as rates in the highest (least disadvantaged) group over the period from 2009–10 to 2015–16 – although the difference in rates between the 2 socioeconomic groups converged over this period.

Rates of Unintentional thermal injury deaths decreased over time for the lowest (most disadvantaged) socioeconomic group, while in contrast, rates increased over time for the highest (least disadvantaged) socioeconomic group. For the lowest (most disadvantaged) group, rates decreased from 0.55 to 0.37 deaths per 100,000 between 2009–10 and 2015–16. The drop in the modelled rate averaged 5.1% per year but was not statistically significant. For the highest (least disadvantaged) group, rates increased from 0.11 to 0.21 deaths per 100,000 between 2009–10 and 2015–16. The rise in the modelled rate averaged 9.8% per year but was not statistically significant.

Average annual changes in rates, by age group, are not reported on here due to low case counts in all age groups.

Figure 3.11: Modelled age-standardised rates of Unintentional thermal injury deaths, by lowest and highest socioeconomic groups, Australia, 2009–10 to 2015–16

Notes

1. The solid lines represent the modelled rates from 2009–10 to 2015–16. The filled symbols represent the observed age-standardised rate value for each year.
2. Data underpinning this figure can be found in Table S35 in the supplementary tables spreadsheet.