Activity and place of occurrence
Place of occurrence
In 2024–25, 226,816 injury hospitalisation records (about 38.8%) had place missing.
Information around place of occurrence of injuries is only reported for hospitalisations, and large proportions of records have missing information.
For the 61.2% of hospitalised injury cases where this information was available, the home was the most common place of injury (175,398 cases) followed by streets or highways (58,659 cases), sports areas (30,826 cases) and aged care facilities (27,012 cases).
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In the home, 2024–25
Injuries in the home were most likely among those aged 65 and over, with a rate of 2,036.4 injury hospitalisations per 100,000 population (97,106 cases)
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In aged care facilities, 2024–25
Females were almost twice as likely to be injured in an aged care facility and hospitalised than males
Chart shows crude rates per 100,000 population
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Streets and highways, 2024–25
The highest rates of injuries on streets and highways were among 65+ year-olds (300.2 per 100,000) and 15-24 year-olds (293.1 per 100,000)
Activity at the time of injury
In 2024–25, 393,164 injury hospitalisation records (about 67.3%) had activity information missing.
Information around activity undertaken at the time of injury is only reported for hospitalisations, and large proportions of records have missing information.
For the 32.7% of hospitalised injury cases where this information was available, sport was the most common activity (60,974 cases) followed by daily living activities (38,732 cases), unpaid work and learning (35,663 cases) and leisure (22,798 cases).
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Sport
Sport-related injuries in 2024–25 were most likely among 15–24-year-olds (479.7 per 100,000 population)
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Daily living activities
Females had higher rates of injury hospitalisation while undertaking daily living activities compared to males
Chart shows crude rates per 100,000 population
Daily living activities include resting, sleeping, eating and personal hygiene