Canberra, Nov 15
Almost half of injury-related hospitalisations in Australia are caused by falls, a new government report has revealed.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on Friday published a new report on the main causes of injury-related hospitalisation in the country in 2022-23 and injury deaths in 2021-22, news agency reported.
It found that 548,654 Australians were hospitalised due to injuries in 2022-23, an increase of 20.3 per cent from 455,720 in 2013-14.
Of the injuries that required hospitalisation for treatment in 2022-23, 238,055, or 43.3 per cent, were caused by falls.
Contact with objects and transport were the next-most common cause of injury hospitalisation, accounting for a combined 139,906 cases.
"Falls have remained the leading cause of injury-related hospitalisation and fatality in Australia over the past decade and across most regions," AIHW spokesperson Sarah Ahmed said.