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What do we know about injury among Indigenous people?Injury generally refers to physical harm to a person's body [1] including:
Culture and everyday life situations for Indigenous people can affect the types of injuries and the frequency of injuries experienced. Some factors that can increase the risk of injury include:
Indigenous people were twice as likely as other Australians to be admitted to hospital for injuries in 2010-11 [4]. Injury was the second most common reason for Indigenous hospital admissions (after dialysis). The main causes of Indigenous injury-related hospital admissions in 2010-11 were 'medical complications', assault, and falls [5].
In 2010, injury was the third most common cause of death for Indigenous people [6]. The most common causes of injury-related death for Indigenous people were suicide and transport accidents. Indigenous people were more than twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to die from suicide and almost three times as likely to die from traffic accidents.
