Overview

An injury can occur while people are playing sport or participating in active recreation.

Access to better data can help national understanding of injury risks for different sports and participants and inform where and what type of prevention programs are needed.

There were 62,100 sports injury hospitalisations reported in Australia in 2023–24
The National Sports Injury Data Strategy will guide efforts to improve the availability of sport and active recreation injury data in Australia
Current physical activity levels contributed to 1.3 million HALYs, and prevented 28,700 deaths (before 2041), and 12,100 premature deaths
Sport-related injuries were more common among 15–24-year-olds in 2023–24

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Latest findings

The rate of sports injury hospitalisations in 2023–24 remained the highest among younger Australian males aged 15–19

Falls continued to be the leading cause of sports injury hospitalisations accounting for one-third of hospitalisations

There were 1,824,454 injury ED presentations in 2023–24 (6,775.1 per 100,000 population)

Injuries caused 575,345 hospitalisations in 2023–24 (2,136.5 per 100,000 population)

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