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Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13
Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13
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Topic: Injury
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Hospital care for Australian sports injury 2012–13, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report focuses on acute care services provided by hospitals for sports injuries treated in Australian hospitals in 2012–13. Cases of sports injury are examined in terms of the body region injured. Of the selected injury types, Head injury was the most common, accounting for 16% of all hospitalised sport related cases. Injury to the knee accounted for 12% of hospitalised sports injury.
- ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-226-9 (PDF) 978-1-76054-227-6 (Print)
- Cat. no: INJCAT 181
- Pages: 150
Findings from this report:
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7,500 people were hospitalised in 2012–13 for sport-related head injury. It occurred most often during rugby or cycling
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5,500 people were hospitalised for sport-related knee injury, most commonly from soccer or netball in 2012–13
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Sports injury resulted in more than 14,000 days in hospital for head injury and 9,500 days for knee injury
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Spinal injury, although making up only 3% of sports injury cases, resulted in 7,700 days spent in hospital