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Hospital Statistics for Injury

Hospitalization and Injury

2.6 million hospitalizations and 37 million emergency department visits (IOM).

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Hospital statistics for Injury:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Injury:

• 1,007,025 patient days spent in private hospitals for injuries and poisoning in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 1,407,612 patient days spent in public hospitals for injuries and poisoning in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 32.6% of hospitalisations for injuries and poisoning in public hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 87.0% of hospitalisations for injuries and poisoning in private hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 352,489 admissions to public hospitals because of injuries and poisoning in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 437,093 admissions to private hospitals because of injuries and poisoning in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 2,370 people per 100,000 population are hospitalised because of injury and poisoning in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 9% of male hospitalizations were for injuries/poisoning in Canada 1996/97 (Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada)
• 5% of female hospitalizations were for injuries/poisoning in Canada 1996/97 (Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
  • 1.67% (66,190) of hospital episodes were for injuries to head and neck in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 44% of hospitalisations for injuries to head and neck were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 82% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to head and neck were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 18% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to head and neck were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations for injuries to head and neck at public hospitals occurred in 33.9 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for injuries to head and neck in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 4.6 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for injuries to head and neck in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 0.31% (7,445) of private hospital episodes were for injuries to head and neck in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 47.9% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 9.1% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 91% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck were in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck occurred in 3.8 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 2.7 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 4.3 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to head and neck in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
  • 0.76% (30,278) of hospital episodes were for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 22% of hospitalisations for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 71% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 29% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis at public hospitals occurred in 15.5 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 6.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 7.5 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 0.21% (5,196) of private hospital episodes were for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 6.8% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 7.7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 92% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis occurred in 2.7 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 9.8 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 10.4 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to thorax, abdomen, back, spine and pelvis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
  • 3.88% (153,861) of hospital episodes were for injuries to upper and lower limbs in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 31% of hospitalisations for injuries to upper and lower limbs were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 80% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 20% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations for injuries to upper and lower limbs at public hospitals occurred in 78.8 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 5.3 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 1.75% (42,516) of private hospital episodes were for injuries to upper and lower limbs in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 28.6% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 4.9% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 95% of hospitalisations for injuries to upper and lower limbs were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations in private hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs occurred in 21.8 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 4.1days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 5.4 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for injuries to upper and lower limbs in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia in psychiatric hospitals:
  • 4 hospital episodes in public psychiatric hospitals were for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 50% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 100% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • hospitalisations for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes at public psychiatric hospitals occurred in less than 0.1 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 7,067 days was the mean length of stay for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes in public psychiatric hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • excluding same day episodes, 7,066 days was the mean length of stay in public psychiatric hospitals for injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

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