The number of hospitalisations for injuries to the eye, per 1,000 First Nations people: Measure 3.2

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Hospitalisations reflect both the occurrence in the population of eye conditions which are serious enough to require hospitalisation, as well as access to and use of hospitals services.

Latest data

In the 2-year period from 2021–23, there were 2,045 hospitalisations of First Nations people for injuries to the eye – 1.1 per 1,000 population (Figure 30). In 2021–23, for First Nations people, the most common principal diagnosis for hospitalisations for injury to the eye was an open wound of eyelid and periocular area (0.4 per 1,000) (Figure 30).

Figure 30: Hospitalisations for eye injuries, 2021–23

Notes

  1. Based on principal diagnosis only.
  2. Hospitalisations with a care type of  Newborn (without qualified days) and records for Hospital boarders and Posthumous organ procurement have been excluded.
  3. Includes the following ICD-10-AM codes:  S02.1, S02.3, S02.8, S00.1, S00.2, S01.1, T15.0, T15.1, T15.8, T15.9, S05.1, S05.4, S05.5, S05.6, S04.0–S04.2, S04.4, S05.0, S05.2,S05.3,S05.7–S05.9, T26.0–T26.4, T49.5, T90.4 
  4. Includes public and private hospitals.

Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database


Explore more aspects of the data in the following section. See also Figure 31.

By remoteness

In 2021–23, the area with the highest age-standardised rate of hospitalisations for First Nations people for eye injuries was Remote and very remote areas (combined) (2.6 per 1,000). Rates were higher for First Nations people than non‑Indigenous Australians in all regions (Figure 31 – remoteness).

By jurisdiction

In 2021–23, the jurisdictions with the highest age-standardised hospitalisation rates for First Nations people for eye injuries were the Northern Territory (3.0 per 1,000), Queensland (1.5 per 1,000) and Western Australia (1.4 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – jurisdiction).

By sex, age and Indigenous status

In 2021–23, hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were higher for First Nations people than for non-Indigenous Australians in all age groups apart from those aged 75 and over, where rates were higher for non-Indigenous Australians. Hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were highest for First Nations people aged 35–44 and highest for non‑Indigenous Australians aged 75 and over (Figure 31 – population groups).

For First Nations people in 2021–23, age-specific hospitalisation rates for eye injuries were highest for males and females in the 35–44 age group (2.0 and 1.9 per 1,000, respectively) (Figure 31 – population groups).

By Primary Health Network

In 2021–23, the Primary Health Network (PHN) with the highest hospitalisation rate for First Nations people for injury to the eye was the Northern Territory (2.9 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – geography).

Time trend

Between 2015–16 and 2022–23, age-specific hospitalisation rates for injuries to the eye for First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians remained fairly constant within each age group over time (Figure 31 – time trend). In 2022–23, the age-specific hospitalisation rate for First Nations people aged 35–44 (2.0 per 1,000) was more than 6 times the rate for non‑Indigenous Australians of the same age (0.3 per 1,000) (Figure 31 – time trend).

Between 2013–14 and 2022–23, the age-standardised hospitalisation rate for eye injuries for First Nations people and for non-Indigenous Australians was fairly constant. The trend line shows that the age-standardised hospitalisation rate for First Nations people has remained relatively constant over this period (Figure 31 – time trend).

Figure 31: Hospitalisations for eye injuries: interactive data

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