Alcohol-related injury admission rates for children in Western Australia and England aged 13–17 years, 2009
Western Australia | England | ||||||
Age group, years | Alcohol-related cause of injury | Boys, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) | Girls, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) | Total, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) | Boys, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) | Girls, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) | Total, Absolute rate 2009 (per 10 000) |
13–15 | Injury | 3.7 (2.3, 5.9) | 6.0 (4.1, 8.8) | 4.8 (3.6, 6.5) | 4.6 (4.2, 5.1) | 8.7 (8.1, 9.3) | 6.6 (6.3, 7.0) |
Intentional | 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) | 3.7 (2.3, 6.0) | 2.6 (1.7, 3.9) | 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) | 5.5 (5.0, 6.0) | 3.6 (3.3, 3.9) | |
Violence | 0.9 (0.3, 2.3) | 1.1 (0.5, 2.8) | 1.0 (0.5, 1.9) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) | |
Self-harm | 0.6 (0.2, 2.0) | 2.5 (1.4, 4.6) | 1.6 (0.9, 2.6) | 1.1 (1.0, 1.4) | 5.1 (4.7, 5.6) | 3.1 (2.8, 3.3) | |
Unintentional | 2.2 (1.2, 4.0) | 1.6 (0.8, 3.4) | 1.9 (1.2, 3.0) | 2.8 (2.5, 3.2) | 3.6 (3.2, 4.0) | 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) | |
16–17 | Injury | 27.1 (21.9, 33.5) | 16.6 (12.6, 22.0) | 22.0 (18.6, 26.1) | 13.2 (12.4, 14.1) | 14.1 (13.2, 15.0) | 13.6 (13.0, 14.3) |
Intentional | 12.9 (9.5, 17.6) | 11.5 (8.3, 16.2) | 12.2 (9.7, 15.4) | 6.9 (6.3, 7.6) | 10.6 (9.8, 11.5) | 8.7 (8.2, 9.2) | |
Violence | 8.4 (5.7, 12.3) | 2.7 (1.4, 5.4) | 5.6 (4.0, 7.9) | 2.9 (2.5, 3.3) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | 1.7 (1.5, 2.0) | |
Self-harm | 4.8 (2.9, 8.0) | 8.8 (6.0, 13.0) | 6.8 (5.0, 9.2) | 4.1 (3.7, 4.6) | 10.2 (9.4, 11.0) | 7.1 (6.6, 7.5) | |
Unintentional | 12.9 (9.5, 17.6) | 4.8 (2.8, 8.0) | 8.9 (6.8, 11.7) | 6.5 (5.9, 7.1) | 3.9 (3.4, 4.4) | 5.2 (4.8, 5.6) | |
13–17 | Injury | 13.1 (10.8, 15.9) | 10.3 (8.2, 12.9) | 11.7 (10.1, 13.6) | 8.2 (7.8, 8.7) | 10.9 (10.4, 11.5) | 9.5 (9.2, 9.9) |
Intentional | 6.1 (4.6, 8.1) | 6.9 (5.2, 9.0) | 6.5 (5.3, 7.9) | 3.9 (3.6, 4.2) | 7.6 (7.2, 8.0) | 5.7 (5.4, 6.0) | |
Violence | 3.9 (2.7, 5.6) | 1.8 (1.0, 3.1) | 2.9 (2.1, 3.9) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.8) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) | 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) | |
Self-harm | 2.3 (1.5, 3.7) | 5.1 (3.7, 7.0) | 3.7 (2.8, 4.8) | 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) | 7.2 (6.8, 7.7) | 4.7 (4.5, 5.0) | |
Unintentional | 6.5 (4.9, 8.5) | 2.9 (1.9, 4.4) | 4.7 (3.7, 6.0) | 4.3 (4.0, 4.7) | 3.7 (3.4, 4.0) | 4.0 (3.8, 4.2) |