Number and percentage of repeat hospital admissions, for separations with a principal diagnosis of injury and poisoning, by mechanism of injury; NSW, 1999–2000
| Repeat admissions for the same ICD-10 injury code | Repeat admissions for any ICD-10 injury code | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanism | No | % | 95% CI | No | % | 95% CI |
| Fall | 2512 | 5.95 | 5.72 to 6.18 | 5386 | 12.77 | 12.45 to 13.09 |
| Complications of care | 2440 | 11.98 | 11.53 to 12.43 | 4684 | 23 | 22.42 to 23.58 |
| All others | 732 | 4.23 | 3.93 to 4.53 | 1665 | 9.32 | 8.89 to 9.75 |
| Motor vehicle | 593 | 4.94 | 4.55 to 5.33 | 1403 | 11.68 | 11.11 to 12.25 |
| Self harm | 495 | 7.6 | 6.96 to 8.24 | 1154 | 17.72 | 16.79 to 18.65 |
| Exposure to unspecified factor | 431 | 5.12 | 4.65 to 5.59 | 1038 | 12.32 | 11.62 to 13.02 |
| Strike/struck/crushed by object/person | 345 | 4.67 | 4.19 to 5.15 | 678 | 9.19 | 8.53 to 9.85 |
| Other transport accidents | 254 | 6.65 | 5.86 to 7.44 | 470 | 12.31 | 11.27 to 13.35 |
| Interpersonal violence | 244 | 4.28 | 3.75 to 4.81 | 677 | 11.89 | 11.05 to 12.73 |
| Poisoning | 171 | 4.56 | 3.89 to 5.23 | 384 | 10.23 | 9.26 to 11.20 |
| Thermal injuries | 146 | 8.23 | 6.95 to 9.51 | 314 | 17.69 | 15.91 to 19.47 |
| Drowning | 12 | 7.41 | 3.38 to 11.44 | 16 | 9.88 | 5.28 to 14.48 |
| Total | 8375 | 6.47 | 6.34 to 6.60 | 17869 | 13.81 | 13.62 to 14.00 |