Hospitalised injury in children and young people 2011-12

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Release Date: 12 Nov 2014
Author: AIHW
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The aim of this report is to provide information about serious hospitalised injury in Australian children and young people aged 0 to 24 years. The report takes a developmental stage approach to examining injury acknowledging that age and injury are more closely linked at some periods of life (for example, early childhood and young adulthood).

ISSN: 1444-3791
ISBN: 978-1-74249-657-3
Cat. no: INJCAT 167
Pages: 101

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
  - Infants
  - Children aged 1-4 years
  - Children aged 5-9 years
  - Children aged 10-14 years
  - Adolescents aged 15-17 years
  - Young adults aged 18-24 years
Body section
1 Introduction
- Age groups and developmental stage
- Methods and data sources
- Structure of this report
2 Overview
- Length of stay
- Threat to life
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Activity at time of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
3 Less than 12 months (Infancy)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants
4 1-4 years (Early childhood)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
5 5-9 years (Middle childhood)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Activity at time of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
6 10-14 years (Late childhood)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Activity at time of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
7 15-17 years (Adolescence)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Activity at time of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
8 18-24 years (Young adulthood)
- Nature of injury
- Body region injured
- Causes of injury
- Place of injury
- Activity at time of injury
- Remoteness of usual residence
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young adults
End matter
- Appendix A: Data issues
- Appendix B: Additional tables
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures

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