Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2002–03 to 2012–13

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Release Date: 25 Oct 2017

Topic: Injury

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2002–03 to 2012–13, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 December 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2002–03 to 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW.

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This report presents trends in fall related hospital care for people aged 65 and older from 2002–03 to 2012–13. There was a decrease in the rate of hip fractures due to falls (–2% per year) between 2002–03 and 2012–13. In contrast, falls resulting in head injuries increased at a particularly high rate (7% per year).

ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444 3791 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-76054-202-3
Cat. no: INJCAT 182
Pages: 110

Findings from this report:

About 100,000 people aged 65 and older were hospitalised due to a fall in 2012–13
Rates of hospitalised fall injury increased by 3% per year between 2002–03 and 2012–13
While hip fractures account for 74% of fall injuries, injuries to the head were also common (22%)
Most hospitalised fall cases (72%) in 2012–13 occurred in either the home or a residential aged care facility

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
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Summary
1 Introduction
- Structure of this report
- Methods
2 Overview
- Age and sex
- Indigenous Australians
3 Type of injury
- Body region injured
- Nature of injury
4 External causes
5 Place of occurrence
- Residential aged care
- Remoteness of usual residence
6 Additional episodes of hospital care due to falls by older people
Appendix A: Data issues
Appendix B: Other fall-related separations
Appendix C: Supplementary tables
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures
List of boxes
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