{"id":1105,"date":"2020-09-20T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T00:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute-new\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T03:26:48","slug":"qti-0920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/qti\/qti-0920","title":{"rendered":"Penetrating injury related hospitalisations in Queensland 2015\/16 to 2018\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penetrating injury related hospitalisations in Queensland 2015\/16 to 2018\/19<\/h1>\n

Queensland Trauma Insights – September 2020<\/h2><\/h1><\/div>

Authors:<\/strong> Dr Shahera Banu
\nLast updated on 30 September 2020<\/p>\n

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Background<\/h2>\n

Penetrating injury occurs when an object such as a knife or bullet crushes and tears the tissues that it traverses. There has been limited data reported on penetrating injury related hospitalisations in Queensland over recent years, so, the aim of this snapshot report is to provide current estimates of the extent and patterns of penetrating injury hospitalisations in the Queensland context.<\/p>\n

Key findings<\/h2>\n

Between 01 July 2015 and 30 June 2019:<\/p>\n

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  • 30,213 penetrating injury related hospitalisations occurred in Qld public acute hospitals.<\/li>\n
  • 38% of injury hospitalisations had a length of stay one day or more.<\/li>\n
  • Young adults, particularly male (20-24 years) have highest incidence.<\/li>\n
  • Areas with low socio-economic index had the highest incidence of penetrating injury.<\/li>\n
  • 83% of those died in hospital were male.<\/li>\n
  • Hospitalisations due to unintentional injury were higher in male (84%) compared to female (70%). However, self-harm related injury hospitalisations were higher in female (23%) than male (7%).<\/li>\n
  • Tools and household machinery were the leading cause of penetrating injuries and were higher for male.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key figures<\/h2>\n

    Trends over time<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Activity\/Outcome<\/th>\n15\/16<\/th>\n16\/17<\/th>\n17\/18<\/th>\n18\/19<\/th>\nTotal<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Episodes of care<\/td>\n6,996<\/td>\n7,156<\/td>\n8,036<\/td>\n8,025<\/td>\n30,213<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Patient days<\/td>\n12,827<\/td>\n12,351<\/td>\n13,897<\/td>\n13,861<\/td>\n52,756<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Av Length of stay<\/td>\n1.8<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n1.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Discharged home<\/td>\n81%<\/td>\n80%<\/td>\n81%<\/td>\n83%<\/td>\n81%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Died in hospital<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n42<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n