Why did people go to hospital in 2014–15?

Dialysis for kidney disease
1.4 million hospitalisations
99% Same-day

Cancer
1.1 million hospitalisations
89% Same-day
146,000 Skin 
35,000 Prostate 
30,000 Breast
29,000 Bowel	
19,000 Lung
440,000 Chemotherapy
10,000 Cancer screening
24,000 Palliative care
54,000 Follow-up examination


Digestive system
1 million hospitalisations
62% same day
41% Involved an endoscopy
89% Involved surgery
267,000 Diseases of the intestines
94,000 Hernia
77,000 Imbedded and impacted teeth
71,000 Reflux
66,000 Gallstones
40,000 Appendicitis

Injury and poisoning
651,000 hospitalisations
34% Same-day
3% Involved a stay in ICU
36% Involved surgery
206,000 Fractures
118,000 Complications related to medical and surgical care
73,000 Open wounds
35,000 Dislocation/sprain

Musculoskeletal and connective tissue
534,000 hospitalisations
42% Same-day
65% Involved surgery
123,000 Arthritis/osteoarthritis
67,000 Neck/back pain
66,000 Internal knee injury
32,000 Shoulder pain

Pregnancy and childbirth
559,000 hospitalisations
8% of normal deliveries were same-day
35% of childbirth hospitalisations involved a caesarean sections

Circulatory
490,000 hospitalisations
24% Same-day
7% Involved a stay in ICU
25% Involved surgery
86,000 Arrhythmias
56,000 Heart failure
54,000 Heart attack
47,000 Angina
38,000 Stroke

Respiratory
438,000 hospitalisations
20% Same-day
3% Involved a stay in ICU 
21% Involved surgery
87,000 Pneumonia
72,000 COPD
41,000 Tonsillectomy
40,000 Asthma

Eye diseases
383,000 hospitalisations
97% of cataract extractions were same-day 
97% Involved surgery
242,000 Cataracts
53,000 Macular degeneration
5,000 Glaucoma

Source: AIHW 2016. Australian hospitals 2014-15: at a glance 
Further information: www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129556023