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10 Mar 2015 - Tables 2.5, 4.1, 9.1, B1.1, B1.2 and B1.3 have been updated to correct errors, some mean length of stay values have been corrected, and minor typos were also corrected throughout the document.
Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12
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Topic: Injury
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 26 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12, AIHW, Canberra.
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During 2011-12, over 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of an injury sustained while playing sport. This represented 8% of all injury hospitalisations during that year. Around two thirds of those admitted to hospital were aged under 35 and over three quarters were men.
- ISSN: 1444-3791
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-658-0
- Cat. no: INJCAT 168
- Pages: 143
Findings from this report:
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During 2011-12, over 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of playing sport
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Around two-thirds of those admitted to hospital were aged under 35 and over three-quarters were men
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Around one-third of all sports injury hospitalisations were associated with playing various codes of football
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Motor sports, water sports and football together accounted for nearly half (47%) of sports injury hospitalisations