Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls
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Topic: Injury
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Hospitalised assault injuries among women and girls, AIHW, Canberra.
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This fact sheet examines cases of hospitalised assault against women in 2013–14. Rates of assault among women were highest for those aged between 15–19 and 50–54. Over half (59%) of all these women were assaulted by bodily force, and for assaults by bodily force and involving sharp and blunt objects, the majority of injuries were to the head and neck (63%). Where information about the perpetrator was available, a spouse or domestic partner was the most commonly reported perpetrator (in 59% of cases).
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-099-9
- Cat. no: INJCAT 184
- Pages: 5
Findings from this report:
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Nearly 6,500 women and girls were hospitalised due to assault in Australia in 2013–14
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When place of occurrence was specified, 69% of assaults against women and girls took place in the home
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Nearly 60% of hospitalised assaults against women and girls were perpetrated by a spouse or domestic partner
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Over half (59%) of all women and girls hospitalised due to assault were victims of an ‘assault by bodily force’