{"id":1085,"date":"2020-11-30T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T04:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute-new\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T03:25:38","slug":"qti-1120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/qti\/qti-1120","title":{"rendered":"Injury-related hospitalisations for those 15-24 years of age: Queensland from 2016 to 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injury-related hospitalisations for those 15-24 years of age: Queensland from 2016 to 2019<\/h1>\n

Queensland Trauma Insights \u2013 November 2020<\/h2><\/h1><\/div>

Last updated on 23 November 2020

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Background<\/h2>\n

Injury has a large impact on young people, being the leading cause of death and hospitalization among people aged 12-24 years.1<\/sup> Patterns of injury in young people are different to other age groups, with different injury influences and causes, as they gain greater independence in activities and decision making. The following snapshot shows epidemiological data for the most recent 3.5 years of hospitalization data in Queensland.<\/p>\n

Key findings<\/h2>\n

Between 01 July 2016 and 31 December 2019:<\/p>\n

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  • 52,636 injury-related hospitalisation episodes in Qld public acute hospitals for those 15-24 years of age.<\/li>\n
  • Highest incidence in males (61.7%).<\/li>\n
  • 93 people died in hospital (0.18%). The majority of deaths were males (74.2%), aged 20-24 years (60.2%).<\/li>\n
  • Transport related injuries accounted for 22.5% of all episodes and of those, 26.9% were drivers.<\/li>\n
  • Whilst the majority of injuries were unintentional (73.1%), females were significantly more likely to be admitted for self-harm related injuries than males, mostly by poisoning.<\/li>\n
  • Fridays and weekends were peak days of admission; however, this did vary depending on whether the injury was unintentional, self-harm or assault related.<\/li>\n
  • Where activity was specified, sports and leisure accounted almost half of the episodes (47.5%), other transport* (30.3%) and working for income (14.1%).<\/li>\n
  • Rugby League related injuries accounted for 36.1% of all sports related injury episodes, followed by dirt bike racing\/motocross (16.5%) and soccer (11.5%).<\/li>\n
  • Almost half of all injuries were Fractures (47.6%), most commonly of the shoulders, arms and hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key figures<\/h2>\n

    Episodes by Gender and Overall<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Activity\/Outcome<\/th>\nMale<\/th>\nFemale<\/th>\nTotal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Episodes of care<\/td>\n32,456<\/td>\n20,179<\/td>\n52,636<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Patient days<\/td>\n56,020<\/td>\n30,554<\/td>\n86,577<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Av Length of stay<\/td>\n1.73<\/td>\n1.51<\/td>\n1.64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Discharged home<\/td>\n84.7%<\/td>\n85.2%<\/td>\n84.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Died in hospital<\/td>\n0.21%<\/td>\n0.12%<\/td>\n0.18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n