Table 3

Injury admission rates per age group, per Communities That Care (CTC) implementation phase, Victoria 2001–2017

Age group (years)	CTC phase	Population	Injury admissions	Annual injury admissions rate per 100 000 population
0–4 years	0 (baseline*)	5 362 544	64 061	1195
	1	70 270	963	1370
	2	53 172	651	1224
	3	50 378	627	1245
	4	52 178	703	1347
	5	162 137	2012	1241
	6	103 985	1449	1393
5–9 years	0 (baseline*)	5 256 626	60 694	1155
	1	66 930	863	1289
	2	52 454	602	1148
	3	50 634	624	1232
	4	52 075	685	1315
	5	160 890	1942	1207
	6	114 067	1766	1548
10–14 years	0 (baseline*)	5 207 596	66 712	1281
	1	64 721	951	1469
	2	50 528	658	1302
	3	50 549	731	1446
	4	50 656	732	1445
	5	158 025	2239	1417
	6	113 341	2086	1840
15–19 years	0 (baseline*)	5 455 125	105 911	1942
	1	70 533	1536	2178
	2	53 161	993	1868
	3	53 321	1069	2005
	4	53 642	1127	2101
	5	169 074	3841	2272
	6	114 303	3092	2705
20–34 years	0 (baseline*)	18 768 138	296 198	1578
	1	235 641	4209	1786
	2	184 824	3015	1631
	3	198 950	3203	1610
	4	209 606	3400	1622
	5	492 303	9320	1893
	6	267 008	6553	2454

1=phase 1: ‘Getting started’; 2=phase 2: ‘Getting organised’; 3=phase 3: ‘Developing a profile’; 4=phase 4: ‘Create a plan’; 5=phase 5: ‘Implement and evaluate’; 6=phase 6: second cycle.
*Baseline includes non-participating municipalities as well as participating municipalities, prior to the CTC programme.