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Venomous bites and stings 2017–18
Venomous bites and stings 2017–18
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Topic: Injury
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Venomous bites and stings 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Venomous bites and stings 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Venomous bites and stings 2017–18. AIHW, 2021.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Venomous bites and stings 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Venomous bites and stings 2017–18, AIHW, Canberra.
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Over 3,500 Australians were hospitalised due to contact with a venomous animal or plant in 2017–18. More than a quarter of these hospitalisations were caused by bee stings (26%), almost one-fifth were caused by spider bites (19%), with redbacks the most common spider involved, and 17% were due to venomous snakes, including 215 brown snake bites. Nineteen people died due to venomous bites and stings in 2017–18.
- ISSN: 1444-3791
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-814-8
- Cat. no: INJCAT 215
- Pages: 32
Findings from this report:
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There were 3,520 hospitalisations due to contact with venomous animals and plants in 2017–18
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Bee and wasp stings were responsible for 1,256 hospitalisations in 2017–18
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Brown snake bites resulted in 215 hospitalisations in 2017–18
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Redback spider bites accounted for 283 hospitalisations in 2017–18