Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Geographical analysis of hospitalised injury and injury deaths data, 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 07 June 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Geographical analysis of hospitalised injury and injury deaths data, 2017–18. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/geographical-analysis-injury-data
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2021, Geographical analysis of hospitalised injury and injury deaths data, 2017–18, viewed 7 June 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/geographical-analysis-injury-data
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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.
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
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database
4,107
45.8
51.8
2,851
40.1
44.6
2,892
53.8
58.2
1,402
51.5
54.3
1,014
48.6
58.6
353
56.1
67.2
241
57.4
57.9
166
75.9
67.1
13,028
47.4
52.6
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:
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).
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