Table of contents

  • Key findings
    • Hospitalisations
    • Deaths
  • Hip fractures
  • Case definition and selection
  • Hospitalisations Australia, 2002-03
  • Analyses
  • Nature of Hip Fracture
  • Age and sex
  • States and territories
  • Remoteness
  • Length of stay in hospital
  • Additional diagnoses
  • Place of occurrence
  • External causes of injury
  • Mechanism of fall-related injury resulting in hip fracture
  • Deaths, Australia 2002-03
  • Case selection
  • Age and sex
  • State and territory differences
  • Diagnoses
  • Underlying cause of death
  • Certification of Death
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Data issues