Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 2005-06

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16 September 2010This report provides statistics on hospitalised cases of injury in Australia in 2005-06. In that year:

  • more than 370,000 cases of hospitalised injury occurred in the community
  • these comprised 5.5% of episodes in hospital due to all causes
  • accidental falls (36%), transport crashes (14%), assault (6%) and intentional self harm (6%) were the main causes of the injuries.
Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAPO Member, Government or Gov agency
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22588
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