Number and percentage of repeat hospital admissions, for separations with a principal diagnosis of injury and poisoning for injury, by type of injury; NSW, 1999–2000
| Repeat admissions for the same ICD-10 injury code | Repeat admissions for any ICD-10 injury code | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injury type | No | % | 95% CI | No | % | 95% CI |
| Non-medical injury | 5854 | 5.40 | 5.27 to 5.53 | 12982 | 11.98 | 11.79 to 12.17 |
| Medical injury | 2521 | 12.00 | 11.56 to 12.44 | 4887 | 23.27 | 22.70 to 23.84 |
| Total | 8375 | 6.47 | 6.34 to 6.60 | 17869 | 13.81 | 13.62 to 14.00 |