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040			_aAFVC
100			_aJamieson, Lisa M. _911472
245			_aHospitalisation for head injury due to assault among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, July 1999 – June 2005 _cLisa M. Jamieson, James E. Harrison and Jesia G. Berry
260			_bAustralian Medical Association, _c2008
500			_aMedical Journal of Australia, 2008, 188 (10): 576-579.
520			_aObjective: To describe rates of hospitalisation for head injury due to assault among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Design, setting and participants: Secondary analysis of routinely collected hospital morbidity data for 42 874 inpatients at public and private hospitals in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory for the 6-year period 1 July 1999 – 30 June 2005. Main outcome measures: Rates per 100 000 population of head injury due to assault by Indigenous status, age, sex and location of residence. Results: The overall rate of head injury due to assault was 60.4 per 100 000 population (95% CI, 59.8–60.9). The rate among the Indigenous population was 854.8 per 100 000 (95% CI, 841.0–868.9), 21 times that among the non-Indigenous population (40.7 per 100 000; 95% CI, 40.2–41.2). Most Indigenous (88%) and non-Indigenous (83%) victims of head injury due to assault were aged between 15 and 44 years. The peak incidence among the Indigenous population was in the 30–34-year age group, whereas that among the non-Indigenous population was in the 20–24-year age group. Indigenous females experienced 69 times the injury rate experienced by non-Indigenous females. Conclusions: Indigenous people, particularly women, were disproportionately represented among those hospitalised for head injury due to assault. Head injury imposes a substantial burden of care on individuals and communities. Along with the costs of treating head injury, these are good reasons to strengthen efforts to prevent head injury generally, with special attention to high-risk population segments. (Authors' abstract). Record #7929
650		4	_974 _aABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
650			_aASSAULT _93410
650			_aINDIGENOUS PEOPLES _9307
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aIWI TAKETAKE _95589
650		0	_aTRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY _93258
650			_aWOMEN _9645
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aHarrison, James E. _911473
700			_aBerry, Jesia G. _911474
773	0		_tMedical Journal of Australia, 2008, 188 (10): 576-579.
830			_aMedical Journal of Australia _911131
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01793.x _zDOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01793.x (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE