The number of hospitalisations for injuries to the eye, per 1,000 First Nations people: Measure 3.2
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Hospitalisations reflect both the occurrence in the population of eye conditions which are serious enough to require hospitalisation, as well as access to and use of hospitals services.
Latest data
In the 2-year period from 2022–24, there were 2,107 hospitalisations of First Nations people for injuries to the eye – 1.0 per 1,000 population.
In 2023–24, age-standardised hospitalisation rates for First Nations people for injuries to the eye (1.2 per 1,000) were higher than those for non-Indigenous Australians (0.4 per 1,000) (Figure 30).
Figure 30: Hospitalisations for eye injuries, 2022–24
Horizontal bar chart showing the most common principal diagnosis for hospitalisations for eye injuries was an open wound of the eyelid and periocular area.
Notes
- Based on principal diagnosis only.
- Hospitalisations with a care type of Newborn (without qualified days) and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded.
- Includes the following ICD-10-AM codes: S02.1, S02.3, S02.8, S00.1, S00.2, S01.1, T15.0, T15.1, T15.8, T15.9, S05.1, S05.4, S05.5, S05.6, S04.0–S04.2, S04.4, S05.0, S05.2,S05.3,S05.7–S05.9, T26.0–T26.4, T49.5, T90.4
- Includes public and private hospitals.
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database
Explore more aspects of the data in the following section. See also Figure 31.
By remoteness
In 2022–24, Remote and very remote areas (combined) (2.8 per 1,000) had the highest age-standardised rate of hospitalisations for First Nations people for eye injuries. Rates were higher for First Nations people than non‑Indigenous Australians in all regions (Figure 31 – remoteness).
By jurisdiction
In 2022–24, the jurisdictions with the highest age-standardised hospitalisation rates for First Nations people for eye injuries were the Northern Territory (3.4 per 1,000), Western Australia (1.4 per 1,000) and Queensland (1.2 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – jurisdiction).
By sex, age and Indigenous status
In 2022–24, hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were higher for First Nations people than for non-Indigenous Australians in all age groups apart from those aged 75 and over, where rates were higher for non-Indigenous Australians. Hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were highest for First Nations people aged 35–44 and highest for non‑Indigenous Australians aged 75 and over (Figure 31 – population groups).
For First Nations people in 2022–24, age-specific hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were highest for males and females in the 35–44 age group (1.8 and 2.0 per 1,000, respectively) (Figure 31 – population groups).
By Primary Health Network
In 2022–24, the PHN with the highest hospitalisation rate for First Nations people for injury to the eye was the Northern Territory (3.2 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – geography).
Time trend
Between 2016–17 and 2023–24, age-specific hospitalisation rates for injuries to the eye for First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians remained fairly constant within each age group over time (Figure 3.2g). In 2023–24, the age-specific hospitalisation rate for First Nations people aged 35–44 (2.0 per 1,000) was more than 6 times the rate for non‑Indigenous Australians of the same age (0.3 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – time trend).
Between 2016–17 and 2023–24, the age-standardised hospitalisation rate for eye injuries for First Nations people and for non-Indigenous Australians was fairly constant. The trend line shows that the age-standardised hospitalisation rate for First Nations people has remained relatively constant over this period (Figure 31 – time trend).
Figure 31: Hospitalisations for eye injuries: interactive data
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