Indigenous children and young people more likely to be hospitalised

The specific causes of injury that were the most frequent for Indigenous children and young people were falls, then assault, transport crashes and intentional self-harm.
The specific causes of injury that were the most frequent for Indigenous children and young people were falls, then assault, transport crashes and intentional self-harm.

Indigenous children and young people are over one and a half times more likely to have injuries that required hospitalisation when compared to other Australians in the same age-range, a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has shown.