Injury among women 2022–23

Falls deaths

Over half of all injury deaths were due to falls among women aged 65 and over. The highest rates of deaths from falls were among women aged 65 and over (66.5 times higher than for women aged 40 to 64)

Disadvantage & transport

The rate of injury death due to transport accidents was 2.9 times higher for women living in the Most disadvantaged areas compared to women living in the Least disadvantaged area.

_{Rates are age-standardised per 100,000 population.}

Disadvantage & assault

Women living in the Most disadvantaged areas were 6.9 times more likely to be hospitalised for assault injuries than those living in the Least disadvantaged areas.

_{Rates are age-standardised per 100,000 population.}

Remoteness & assault

The disparity in age-standardised rates of women's hospitalisation between remote and urban areas is widest for assault (43.1 times higher for women living in Very remote areas compared to women living in Major cities )

Poisoning & ICU

The proportion of women hospitalised for injury from accidental poisoning who spent time in an Intensive care unit (ICU) was significantly higher than the average for all injuries among women in 2022–23

Transport injuries

Cars were the biggest causes of women's transport injury hospitalisations and deaths. The bars show the percentages of women's transport injuries caused by cars.