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released: 22 Nov 2012 author: AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit media release

This report provides summary data on trends in hospitalised childhood injury for 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2007. Information is provided for three age groups (0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 year-olds) for each year. Falls and other unintentional injuries were the most frequent causes of hospitalised injury in each age group.

ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978-1-74249-377-0; Cat. no. INJCAT 151; 51pp.; $15

Publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
      • Cases included in the report
    • 2 Overview of all causes of injury
      • Trends over time
      • External causes of injury
    • 3 Falls
      • Trends over time
      • Types of fall
    • 4 Other unintentional injury
      • Trends over time
      • Types of other unintentional injury
    • 5 Transport injury
      • Trends over time
      • Types of transport injury
    • 6 Poisoning by pharmaceuticals
      • Trends over time
      • Types of pharmaceutical poisoning
    • 7 Smoke, fire, heat and hot substances
      • Trends over time
      • Types of exposure to smoke, fire, heat and hot substances
    • 8 Conclusion
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Data issues
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit 2012. Trends in hospitalised childhood injury in Australia 1999-07. Injury research and statistics series no. 75. Cat. no. INJCAT 151. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129542158>.