Summary The aim of this report is to provide information about children and young people aged 0-24 who were hospitalised as a result of poisoning by pharmaceuticals or other substances in Australia. Over 30% of all hospitalised cases of poisoning during 2012-13 involved children and young people aged 0-24 (12,451 cases). For all types of...

Summary The aim of this report is to provide information about injuries that lead to hospitalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people aged 0 to 24 years. Injury is a significant health issue for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all ages with rates of injury for specific causes many...

Just over 130,000 children and young people were hospitalised as a result of an injury in 2011-12, with boys outnumbering girls by 2 to 1. Summary This report provides information on hospitalised injury in Australian children and young people aged 0 to 24 years in 2011-12. Just over 130,000 children and young people were hospitalised...

This report measures sport related injury, using two types of measurements: one based on rates of injury within the total population and the other on rates of injury within the population that reported participation in sports activities. Summary During 2011-12, an estimated 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of an...

This report examines the most frequent causes of hospitalisations due to injury sustained by Australians, aged 65 years or older, during the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. Summary As Australia's population gets older, increasing numbers of older people are being admitted to public and private hospitals as a result of an injury...