Venomous bites and stings in Australia to 2005
$30.00 Phone, fax or email orders: Read the related media release. View other publications in the same series: Injury research and statistics series. View other publications by the same author: Bradley C. View other publications in the same subject area: Injury. |
Injury research and statistics series no. 40This report describes the bites and stings due to contact with venomous animals and plants that resulted in a separation from an Australian hospital in the period 1st July 2002 to 30th June 2005. Analyses of bite and sting cases over time (1999-05) are also presented. Hospitalised bites and stings were most frequently attributed to spiders, bees and wasps while snakebites were a less frequent cause of hospitalisation. Higher rates of serious bites and stings were generally observed for males and for younger people. Little change in the rate of hospitalised bites and stings was noted over time. This report demonstrates that changes made to the ICD-10-AM classification system from 1st July 2002 have greatly improved the specificity and utility of hospitalised bite and sting data. Authored by Bradley C. Published 29 May 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 771 9; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 110; $30.00 View online for freeAccessibility: If you have difficulty accessing the information in this publication, please contact us via to request an alternative format such as Word or RTF. We will respond to your request within two working days. Full publicationAvailable at http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/... [external link] |
