Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 2005-06

This report provides statistics on hospitalised cases of injury in Australia in 2005-06. In that year:- more than 370,000 cases of hospitalised injury occurred in the community - these comprised 5.5% of episodes in hospital due to all causes - accidental falls (36%), transport crashes (14%), assault (6%) and intentional self harm (6%) were the main causes of the injuries.