Body parts injured
For ED presentations in 2022–23, about:
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5,600 per 100,000 0–4 year olds presented with head and neck injuries (about 85,600 cases). This was the highest rate of presentation for any age group by body part.
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1,400 per 100,000 25–44 year olds presented with wrist and hand injuries (about 102,000 cases), the highest number of presentations for an age group by body part.
Please see supplementary data table ED3 for more information.
For hospitalisations in 2022–23:
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Across all ages, the top 3 body parts injured were:
- the head and neck (450 per 100,000 persons or 119,000 cases)
- hip and lower limb (around 425 per 100,000)
- shoulder and upper limb (around 360 per 100,000)
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Injury hospitalisations were most likely to be for hip and lower limb injuries in 65+ year olds, at a crude rate of about 1,113 per 100,000 people (50,048 cases).
Please see supplementary data table H5 for more information
Figure 17: Injury hospitalisation by main body part injured, Australia, 2022–23
Human figure with injury hospitalisation data for each body part. Head and neck reported the highest number of injury cases.
Note: Cases of hospitalisations are represented at person level with highlighted body parts.
Sources: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Within age groups, young children aged 0–4 and persons aged 65 and over were the most likely to sustain injuries to the head and neck (around 670 and 1,100 per 100,000, respectively). Overall, persons aged 65 years and over reported the highest crude rates of injuries across all body parts apart from hand and wrist. Persons aged 15–24 reported the highest crude rate of 495 per 100,000 population for hand and wrist injuries.