The rate ratio in this cell is 46.0 but this may be significantly inflated due to the artifactually low non-Aboriginal rate. The distribution of these cases according to the major causes of injury is presented in Table 4. Males accounted for 60 percent of the cases. Male rates of hospitalisation were higher than those of females except for unintentional poisoning by pharmaceuticals, falls, and self-harm. The age distributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Aboriginal populations are markedly different.
Comparisons are, therefore, made using age-adjusted rates.
The following sections of the report examine specific causes of injury in greater detail.