Injuries in adults (by main diagnosis)

Unintentional injuries account for approximately 1 in 7 of all emergency hospital admissions, for adults aged 15 years and over. Figure 5 andtable 11 show the top ten main diagnoses for adults who were admitted as an emergency following an unintentional injury.

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Fracture of the femur is the most common type of injury in the over 75s and females are around 4 times more likely to have this type of injury than males.  Generally, all other injuries in the top ten relate to various types of fractures and injuries to the head.

Table 12 provides further information on selected causes of injury (RTAs, poisoning, falls, exposure to inanimate mechanical forces, assaults, over exertion, non RTA transport accidents) by the main diagnosis recorded and age group.