Variation by state and territory

Tables 1 and 2 show the number and rate of injury hospitalisations and deaths in Australia by state and territory of usual residence. The highest rates of injury hospitalisations and deaths occurred for residents of the Northern Territory and the lowest rates were seen for residents of New South Wales. The Northern Territory has higher numbers of people living in Remote and Very remote areas compared with NSW, as well as a higher proportion of people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.

Table 1: Rates and counts of hospitalised injury cases, by state and territory, Australia, 2017–18

State or territory of residence

Number

Age standardised rate (per 100,000)

Crude rate (per 100,000)

New South Wales

152,879

1,803.7

1,929.4

Victoria

130,290

1,931.2

2,038.6

Queensland

127,453

2,492.2

2,565.0

Western Australia

48,698

1,852.3

1,884.5

South Australia

38,098

2,013.0

2,202.0

Tasmania

10,197

1,845.8

1,941.3

Australian Capital Territory

8,379

2,015.5

2,013.2

Northern Territory

10,823

4,602.4

4,375.4

All Australia

532,562

2047.9

2148.2

Notes

  1. State or territory is based on place of usual residence.
  2. ‘All Australia’ includes other territories.
  3. Denominators for crude rates were estimated resident population (ERP) values as at 31 December 2017.
  4. Age-standardised rates were standardised to the 2001 Australian population (per 100,000), 5 year age groups to 95+.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database

Table 2: Rates and counts of injury deaths, by state and territory, Australia, 2017–18

State or territory of residence

Number

Age standardised rate (per 100,000)

Crude rate (per 100,000)

New South Wales

4,107

45.8

51.8

Victoria

2,851

40.1

44.6

Queensland

2,892

53.8

58.2

Western Australia

1,402

51.5

54.3

South Australia

1,014

48.6

58.6

Tasmania

353

56.1

67.2

Australian Capital Territory

241

57.4

57.9

Northern Territory

166

75.9

67.1

All Australia

13,028

47.4

52.6

Notes

  1. State or territory is based on place of usual residence.
  2.  ‘All Australia’ includes other territories.
  3. Denominators for crude rates were estimated resident population (ERP) values as at 31 December 2017.
  4. Age-standardised death rates were standardised to the 2001 Australian population (per 100,000), using 6 age groups (0–4, 5–14, 15–24, 25–44, 45–64, 65+).

 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

The state and territory differences in crude rates of injury hospitalisations and deaths by age and sex can be explored in the data visualisation below (Interactive 2). In summary:

Interactive 2

This data visualisation consists of a map, chart and table on separate tabs describing counts and rates of injury hospitalisations and deaths by sex, by age group, by state or territory, and by remoteness of usual residence. A notes tab is also available. The reader can select to display by sex, number or rate, age group or state.
The default view is a map of Australia showing rates of injury hospitalisation per 100,000 population. The map shows the highest rate of injury hospitalisation is for residents of Very remote areas of the Northern Territory (7,157) and the lowest rate is for residents of Very remote areas of New South Wales (1,748).