Aussie kids injuries
November 23, 2012
AUSTRALIAN boys are more likely
to be hospitalised as a result of
injuries than girls, with 295,100
boys hospitalised between 1999-00
and 2006-07, compared to almost
176,300 girls.
The figures are part of the
Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare’s latest report Trends in
hospitalised childhood injury in
Australia: 1999-2007.
In terms of the breakdown, falls
were the main cause of hospitalised
injury among children, with just
over 193,100 cases in 1999-2007,
followed by transport-related injury
with almost 66,900 cases.
Meanwhile, whilst boys generally
beat out girls for injury
hospitalisations, the report did
note that in instances of
hospitalisation due to self harm,
girls had higher rates than boys.
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