For more detail, see Data table A10.
In 2018–19, among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:
- there were over 2,900 hospitalisations and 88 deaths due to transport accidents (Tables 3 and 4)
- males were twice as likely as females to be hospitalised and 3 times as likely to die due to transport accidents
- hospitalisation rates were highest among people aged 15–24 (Figure 5).
Table 3: Number and rate of transport injury hospitalisations by sex, Indigenous Australians, 2018–19
|
Males
|
Females
|
Persons
|
Number
|
1,929
|
985
|
2,914
|
Rate (per 100,000)
|
461
|
235
|
348
|
Note: Rates are crude per 100,000 population.
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Table 4: Number and rate of transport injury deaths by sex, Indigenous Australians, 2018–19
|
Males
|
Females
|
Persons
|
Number
|
65
|
23
|
88
|
Rate (per 100,000)
|
17.6
|
6.2
|
11.9
|
Notes:
1. Rates are crude per 100,000 population.
2. Deaths data only includes data for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.
For more detail, see Data tables A4–6 and D4–6.
Indigenous and other Australians
In 2018–19, Indigenous Australians were:
- 1.4 times as likely to be hospitalised due to a transport accident, compared with other Australians (Table 5)
- 2.5 times as likely to die in a transport accident, compared with non-Indigenous Australians (Table 6).
Table 5: Age-standardised rates (per 100,000) of transport injury hospitalisations by Indigenous status and sex, 2018–19
|
Males
|
Females
|
Persons
|
Indigenous Australians
|
453
|
236
|
343
|
Other Australians
|
335
|
168
|
251
|
Notes:
1. Rates are age-standardised per 100,000 population.
2. ‘Other Australians’ includes cases where Indigenous status is missing or not stated.
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Table 6: Age-standardised rates (per 100,000) of transport injury deaths by Indigenous status and sex, 2018–19
|
Males
|
Females
|
Persons
|
Indigenous Australians
|
20.2
|
6.6
|
13.2
|
Non-Indigenous Australians
|
8.4
|
2.4
|
5.3
|
Notes:
1. Rates are age-standardised per 100,000 population.
2. ‘Non-Indigenous Australians’ includes cases where Indigenous status is missing or not stated.
3. Deaths data only includes data for people whose usual residence was New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.
The age-specific rate of transport injury hospitalisations was highest among the 15–24 age group for both Indigenous and other Australians (Figure 5). Deaths data are not presented because of small numbers.