| Patients admitteda between July 2012 and June 2014, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Victoria | NSW | WA | ||||||||||
n | % | At least one comorbidity (%) | Count of comorbidities, mean (95% CI) | n | % | At least one comorbidity (%) | Count of comorbidities, mean (95% CI) | n | % | At least one comorbidity (%) | Count of comorbidities, mean (95% CI) | |
Total patients | 161,334 | 233,521 | 84,877 | |||||||||
Age group (years) | ||||||||||||
 0–14 years | 21,240 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 0.01 (0.01–0.02) | 31,730 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 0.02 (0.01–0.02) | 13,106 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 0.02 (0.02–0.02) |
 15–24 years | 23,213 | 14.4 | 9.9 | 0.12 (0.11–0.12) | 33,888 | 14.5 | 11.0 | 0.13 (0.13–0.14) | 13,676 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 0.18 (0.17–0.19) |
 25–44 years | 36,262 | 22.5 | 13.0 | 0.16 (0.16–0.17) | 51,737 | 22.2 | 13.5 | 0.17 (0.17–0.18) | 22,617 | 26.6 | 18.6 | 0.23 (0.22–0.23) |
 45–64 years | 30,799 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 0.25 (0.25–0.26) | 44,501 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 0.25 (0.24–0.26) | 16,344 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 0.29 (0.28–0.30) |
 65–84 years | 31,390 | 19.5 | 35.9 | 0.54 (0.53–0.54) | 44,948 | 19.2 | 33.2 | 0.51 (0.50–0.52) | 12,598 | 14.8 | 36.0 | 0.55 (0.54–0.57) |
 85 and over | 18,430 | 11.4 | 40.0 | 0.62 (0.60–0.63) | 26,717 | 11.4 | 38.2 | 0.60 (0.59–0.62) | 6536 | 7.7 | 41.5 | 0.64 (0.62–0.66) |
Sex | ||||||||||||
 Maleb | 89,144 | 55.3 | 16.8 | 0.24 (0.23–0.24) | 131,598 | 56.4 | 16.2 | 0.23 (0.23–0.24) | 49,994 | 58.9 | 18.0 | 0.24 (0.24–0.25) |
 Female | 72,190 | 44.7 | 23.5 | 0.33 (0.33–0.34) | 101,923 | 43.6 | 22.7 | 0.33 (0.32–0.33) | 34,883 | 41.1 | 24.0 | 0.33 (0.32–0.34) |
Injury severityc | ||||||||||||
 Serious injury (ICISS< 0.941) | 20,884 | 12.9 | 40.6 | 0.64 (0.63–0.65) | 30,265 | 13.0 | 35.5 | 0.57 (0.56–0.59) | 9566 | 11.3 | 38.3 | 0.60 (0.58–0.62) |
 Other injury (ICISS> = 0.941) | 140,450 | 87.1 | 16.7 | 0.22 (0.22–0.23) | 203,256 | 87.0 | 16.6 | 0.23 (0.23–0.23) | 75,311 | 88.7 | 18.2 | 0.24 (0.23–0.24) |
Grouped body region | ||||||||||||
 Head/face/neck | 32,052 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 0.26 (0.25–0.27) | 48,159 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 0.29 (0.28–0.29) | 18,350 | 21.6 | 23.7 | 0.31 (0.30–0.32) |
 Trunk | 20,730 | 12.8 | 25.0 | 0.36 (0.35–0.37) | 29,199 | 12.5 | 23.1 | 0.34 (0.33–0.35) | 9835 | 11.6 | 23.5 | 0.34 (0.33–0.35) |
 Upper extremity | 54,549 | 33.8 | 9.8 | 0.12 (0.12–0.13) | 77,389 | 33.1 | 9.4 | 0.12 (0.12–0.13) | 27,833 | 32.8 | 10.9 | 0.14 (0.13–0.14) |
 Lower extremity | 41,528 | 25.7 | 22.8 | 0.34 (0.33–0.35) | 57,954 | 24.8 | 19.6 | 0.30 (0.30–0.31) | 20,678 | 24.4 | 20.9 | 0.31 (0.30–0.32) |
 Multiple body regions | 53 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 0.25 (0.09–0.40) | 170 | 0.1 | 18.8 | 0.26 (0.17–0.35) | 51 | 0.1 | 25.5 | 0.31 (0.15–0.47) |
 Unspecified body region | 585 | 0.4 | 22.6 | 0.31 (0.26–0.37) | 1247 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 0.34 (0.30–0.38) | 376 | 0.4 | 22.1 | 0.30 (0.23–0.36) |
 Body region not relevant | 11,837 | 7.3 | 47.7 | 0.66 (0.65–0.68) | 19,403 | 8.3 | 45.5 | 0.65 (0.64–0.66) | 7754 | 9.1 | 41.6 | 0.56 (0.55–0.58) |
Grouped injury type (First occurring) | ||||||||||||
 Superficial injury | 8055 | 5.0 | 23.8 | 0.34 (0.32–0.35) | 14,875 | 6.4 | 22.6 | 0.33 (0.32–0.34) | 4659 | 5.5 | 27.7 | 0.37 (0.35–0.39) |
 Open wound | 22,398 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 0.19 (0.18–0.20) | 35,691 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 0.23 (0.22–0.23) | 12,623 | 14.9 | 20.6 | 0.27 (0.26–0.28) |
 Fracture | 66,686 | 41.3 | 19.6 | 0.29 (0.28–0.29) | 94,258 | 40.4 | 17.3 | 0.26 (0.26–0.27) | 30,714 | 36.2 | 18.5 | 0.27 (0.26–0.27) |
 Dislocation, sprain & strain | 10,989 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 0.10 (0.10–0.11) | 13,330 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 0.09 (0.08–0.09) | 6755 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 0.09 (0.08–0.10) |
 Injury to nerves & spinal cord | 2038 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 0.13 (0.11–0.14) | 2559 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 0.11 (0.10–0.13) | 1147 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 0.14 (0.11–0.16) |
 Injury to blood vessels | 1347 | 0.8 | 11.5 | 0.15 (0.12–0.17) | 1096 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 0.19 (0.16–0.22) | 650 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 0.23 (0.19–0.28) |
 Injury to muscle & tendon | 8451 | 5.2 | 9.1 | 0.11 (0.10–0.12) | 10,921 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 0.08 (0.08–0.09) | 5423 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 0.12 (0.11–0.13) |
 Crushing injury | 335 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.04 (0.01–0.06) | 469 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.04 (0.02–0.06) | 166 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.05 (0.01–0.08) |
 Traumatic amputation | 1612 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 0.08 (0.07–0.10) | 1622 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 0.08 (0.06–0.10) | 747 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 0.09 (0.07–0.11) |
 Eye injury- excluding foreign body | 512 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 0.22 (0.17–0.27) | 919 | 0.4 | 17.3 | 0.22 (0.19–0.26) | 308 | 0.4 | 19.5 | 0.23 (0.17–0.28) |
 Intracranial injury | 6416 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 0.43 (0.41–0.45) | 9355 | 4.0 | 28.1 | 0.42 (0.41–0.44) | 3385 | 4.0 | 30.6 | 0.44 (0.41–0.47) |
 Injury to internal organs | 1762 | 1.1 | 23.5 | 0.32 (0.29–0.35) | 2198 | 0.9 | 22.5 | 0.32 (0.29–0.35) | 1066 | 1.3 | 23.7 | 0.34 (0.29–0.38) |
 Foreign body | 2733 | 1.7 | 11.3 | 0.15 (0.13–0.16) | 3947 | 1.7 | 9.2 | 0.12 (0.10–0.13) | 1486 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 0.12 (0.10–0.14) |
 Burns | 1879 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 0.21 (0.18–0.23) | 3244 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 0.12 (0.10–0.14) | 1660 | 2.0 | 14.3 | 0.20 (0.17–0.22) |
 Other and unspecified injury | 14,284 | 8.9 | 19.8 | 0.27 (0.26–0.28) | 19,634 | 8.4 | 19.6 | 0.28 (0.27–0.29) | 6334 | 7.5 | 22.8 | 0.30 (0.29–0.32) |
 Systemic-poisoning/toxic effects | 10,536 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 0.68 (0.67–0.70) | 17,162 | 7.3 | 47.8 | 0.67 (0.66–0.68) | 6866 | 8.1 | 43.5 | 0.59 (0.57–0.60) |
 Other effects of external cause/complication | 1301 | 0.8 | 32.5 | 0.54 (0.48–0.59) | 2241 | 1.0 | 28.2 | 0.47 (0.43–0.50) | 888 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 0.40 (0.35–0.45) |
Geographic region | ||||||||||||
 Metropolitan Area | 118,959 | 73.7 | 19.8 | 0.28 (0.27–0.28) | 158,595 | 67.9 | 18.9 | 0.28 (0.27–0.28) | 60,151 | 70.9 | 19.7 | 0.27 (0.27–0.28) |
 Regional Area | 42,375 | 26.3 | 19.8 | 0.28 (0.27–0.29) | 74,918 | 32.1 | 19.2 | 0.27 (0.26–0.27) | 24,405 | 28.8 | 22.1 | 0.29 (0.28–0.30) |
 Unknown |  |  |  |  | 8 | 0.0 | * | 0.25 (−0.07–0.57) | 321 | 0.4 | 34.6 | 0.42 (0.35–0.50) |
 All-cause readmissionsd | 17,946 | 11.4 | 18.0 | 0.46 (0.45–0.47) | 30,922 | 13.7 | 25.1 | 0.38 (0.37–0.39) | 9930 | 12.1 | 30.6 | 0.45 (0.43–0.47) |
 Non-planned readmissionsd | 11,954 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 0.50 (0.48–0.51) | 17,362 | 7.7 | 30.8 | 0.47 (0.46–0.49) | 6130 | 7.5 | 36.1 | 0.53 (0.51–0.55) |
 LOS (median, IQR) | 1 (1–3) |  | 4 (1–17) | 0.28 (0.27–0.28) | 1 (1–4) |  | 4 (1–15) | 0.27 (0.27–0.28) | 1 (1–3) |  | 2 (1–10) | 0.28 (0.27–0.28) |
 Overnight stay | 110,337 | 68.4 | 24.7 | 0.36 (0.35–0.36) | 165,056 | 70.7 | 23.3 | 0.34 (0.34–0.35) | 58,886 | 69.4 | 22.9 | 0.33 (0.32–0.33) |
 Cost (mean, 95% CI)e | 7457.3 (7370.1–7544.5) | 14,157.5 (13,876.8–14,438.2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |