Injuries in adults (Home injuries) (Page 1 of 3)

Unintentional injuries in the home account for over a quarter of all emergency admissions as a result of an unintentional injury for adults aged 15 and over.  Injuries in the home include falls and poisonings (seetable 3). Table 13 andfigure 6 show that the 75 and over age group have the highest number of emergency admissions to hospital (6,538 discharges, 50.4%).  In this age group, over three and a half times as many females are admitted than males.  A possible reason for this is that females generally live longer than males.

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In the younger age groups, 15-24 and 25-44, males have more discharges than females.  The pattern then changes to females having more discharges than males.

Table 14 andfigure 7 show the number of deaths as a result of an unintentional injury in the home by age group and sex.  Males have a greater number of deaths as a result of an unintentional injury than females in all age groups except the 75 years and over age group.