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Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15
Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15
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Topic: Injury
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15. AIHW, 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia 1999–00 to 2014–15, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report shows that the rate of hospitalised injury cases in Australia rose between 1999–00 and 2014–15 by an average of 1% per year. In 2014–15, case numbers and rates were higher for males than females for all age groups up to 60–64, and higher for females for those aged 65–69 and older.
Also see Injury in Australia for more recent trends data.
- ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-345-7
- Cat. no: INJCAT 190
- Pages: 160
Findings from this report:
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More males than females were hospitalised due to injury in 2014–15 (1.3:1)
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Rates of injury among Indigenous people were twice those of non-Indigenous people
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Two of the main causes of injury in 2014–15 were Falls (41%) and Transport crashes (12%)
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The age-standardised rate of injury increased from 1999–00 to 2014–15 by an average of 1% per year