Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011–12 to 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 September 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011–12 to 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011–12 to 2015–16. AIHW, 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011–12 to 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011–12 to 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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Indigenous people were hospitalised as a result of an injury at an average of 23,000 cases per year over the 5-year period 2011–12 to 2015–16. Rates of injury were much higher overall among Indigenous Australians (3,596 per 100,000 population) compared to non-Indigenous Australians (1,874 per 100,000 population) and the rate of injury among Indigenous females was twice that of non-Indigenous females.
Over the 5-year period 2011–16, 115,021 Indigenous people were hospitalised due to injury
Indigenous people (27%) sustained a greater proportion of injuries to the head than non-Indigenous people (18%)
The leading cause of hospitalised injury among Indigenous people was Falls followed by Assaults
