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Injury is one of the major causes of hospitalisation and death in Australia. This web report presents data on injury hospitalisations and deaths for 2018–19, describing the main causes of injury and their impact on specific populations.

Over 3,500 Australians were hospitalised due to contact with a venomous animal or plant in 2017–18. More than a quarter of these hospitalisations were caused by bee stings (26%), almost one-fifth were caused by spider bites (19%), with redbacks the most common spider involved, and 17% were due to venomous snakes, including 215 brown snake bites. Nineteen people died due to venomous bites and stings in 2017–18.