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.

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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

About two-thirds of all sports injury hospitalisations in 2021–22 were emergencies

549,000 hospitalisations in 2022–23 2,100 per 100,000 population

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

1.9 million ED presentations in 2022–23 7,000 per 100,000 population