This report covering injuries resulting in admission to Australian hospitals in the financial year 2008–09. It provides analysis of community injury, that is, injuries typically sustained in the home, workplace, street, etc. The report also includes short sections on work and sports related injury, complications of surgical and medical care and residual injury such as...

This publication summarises the main statistics on work-related injury, disease and death produced by Safe Work Australia. Information shown includes the main types of injuries for which compensation was paid, the cost of injury and incidence rates by industry.

Intro: Fracture of the human facial skeleton is a common injury that places serious burden on society. Severe morbidity, mortality, facial disfigurement, loss of function and financial cost are all associated with facial fractures (Kieser et al., 2002). In New Zealand (NZ), only two previous studies have looked at the aetiology, incidence, age, gender and...

This snapshot describe the penalties imposed on convicted assault offenders. The most common penalty imposed on assault offenders is a bond but the likelihood of a prison sentence increases with both the seriousness of the assault and the number of prior convictions. Approximately 23 per cent of offenders convicted of a serious assault causing injury...

This report presents statistics on injuries that resulted in admission to hospitals in Australia. It includes cases discharged during the year to 30 June 2005. Unintentional falls, transport-related injury, intentional self-harm and assault are common causes of hospitalised injury in the Australian community. Injuries due to these and other causes are described, in terms of...