Emergency department injury presentation frequencies and rates, Latrobe Valley, Victoria, 1991–96
| Emergency department presentations (adjusted frequencies) | Emergency department presentation rates/100 000 (age standardised) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted injury* | Untargeted injury* | Targeted injury* | Untargeted injury* | |
| *Targeted injury=home, sport, and playground injury; untargeted injury=injury not targeted by the program except road and work related injuries which were the subject of statewide campaigns over the intervention period. | ||||
| †Program commenced May 1992. | ||||
| ‡Statewide injury prevention strategy launched September 1994. | ||||
| 1991–92† | 4827 | 1369 | 6121.0 | 1779.2 |
| 1992–93 | 5178 | 1328 | 6593.7 | 1740.7 |
| 1993–94‡ | 4747 | 1180 | 6076.6 | 1560.1 |
| 1994–95 | 4554 | 1274 | 5761.4 | 1670.6 |
| 1995–96 | 3885 | 1261 | 4821.0 | 1613.0 |