{"id":1051,"date":"2021-09-30T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T01:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute-new\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T03:15:40","slug":"qti-0921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/qti\/qti-0921","title":{"rendered":"Sport and recreational activities related injury hospitalisations in Queensland public acute hospitals between 2016 and 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sport and recreational activities related injury hospitalisations in Queensland public acute hospitals between 2016 and 2020<\/h1>\n

Queensland Trauma Insights – September 2021<\/h2><\/h1><\/div>

Sport and recreational activities related injury hospitalisations in Queensland public acute hospitals between 2016 and 2020<\/h2>\n

Authors:<\/strong> Dr Shahera Banu Last updated on 24 June 2021<\/p>\n

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Key findings<\/h2>\n

Between 01 January 2016 and 31 December 2020:<\/p>\n

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  • 58,727 sport and recreational activity related injury hospitalisations occurred in Qld public acute hospitals.<\/li>\n
  • Team ball sports were the leading cause of sports injuries accounting for 32% of hospitalisations (n=18,606).<\/li>\n
  • Males aged between 10-19 years had the highest incidence.<\/li>\n
  • Fractures were the main injury sustained accounting for almost half of all hospitalisations (N=27,703, 47%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key figures<\/h2>\n

    Trends over time<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Activity\/Outcome<\/th>\n2016<\/th>\n2017<\/th>\n2018<\/th>\n2019<\/th>\n2020<\/strong><\/th>\nTotal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Episodes of care<\/td>\n11,539<\/td>\n11,543<\/td>\n11,714<\/td>\n12,083<\/td>\n11,848<\/td>\n58,727<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Patient days<\/td>\n19,795<\/td>\n19,302<\/td>\n19,175<\/td>\n20,420<\/td>\n20,082<\/td>\n98,774<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Av Length of stay<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.6<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Died in hospital<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n