Overview

Injuries are a major health care issue in Australia. Most injuries requiring hospitalisation are the result of falls, contact with objects or transport accidents, while most deaths from injuries are the result of falls or suicide. Weather-related injuries increased over the last 10 years.

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Most extreme weather-related injuries are due to extreme heat
Dogs caused 9,500 injury hospitalisations
Injury was the third highest area of health care spending in Australia at $8.9 billion
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549,000 hospitalisations in 2022–23 2,100 per 100,000 population

14,700 deaths in 2021–22 57 per 100,000 population

More than half of all sports injury hospitalisations were for fractures, most commonly a fractured arm or shoulder

Cycling was responsible for the most sports injury hospitalisations, reflecting the number of people participating

Most extreme weather-related injuries are due to extreme heat

Total extreme weather-related hospitalisations exceeded 1,000 cases on average once every three years since 2013–14

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