TABLE 1—
Selected Characteristics of 1997 New Zealand Population, by Injury Status
| No Injury (n = 3 711 327), No. (%) | Hospitalized, Any Injury (n = 49 683), No. (%) | Hospitalized, Assaultive Injury (n = 2517), No. (%) | Hospitalized, Self-Injury (n = 2728), No. (%) | Hospitalized, Unintentional Injury (n = 44 269), No. (%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1 824 073 (49.1) | 29 677 (59.7) | 2037 (80.9) | 1007 (36.9) | 26 546 (60.0) |
| Female | 1 887 254 (50.9) | 20 006 (40.3) | 480 (19.1) | 1721 (63.1) | 17 723 (40.0) |
| Age, y | |||||
| 0–9 | 585 628 (15.8) | 9 162 (18.4) | 90 (3.6) | 2 (0.1) | 9 061 (20.5) |
| 10–19 | 533 433 (14.4) | 8 847 (17.8) | 602 (23.9) | 644 (23.6) | 7 562 (17.1) |
| 20–29 | 548 446 (14.8) | 8 534 (17.2) | 939 (37.3) | 813 (29.8) | 6 728 (15.2) |
| 30–39 | 594 003 (16.0) | 6 337 (12.8) | 529 (21.0) | 605 (22.2) | 5 171 (11.7) |
| 40–49 | 515 603 (13.9) | 4 257 (8.6) | 234 (9.3) | 378 (13.9) | 3 627 (8.2) |
| > 49 | 934 214 (25.2) | 12 546 (25.3) | 123 (4.9) | 286 (10.5) | 12 120 (27.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Othera | 2 939 995 (79.2) | 39 815 (80.1) | 1652 (65.6) | 2252 (82.6) | 35 781 (80.8) |
| Maori | 553 130 (14.9) | 7 570 (15.2) | 688 (27.3) | 398 (14.6) | 6 451 (14.6) |
| Pacific Islander | 218 202 (5.9) | 2 298 (4.6) | 177 (7.0) | 78 (2.9) | 2 037 (4.6) |
Note. The data shown include only the first nonexcluded injury of record in 1997; subsequent 1997 admissions are excluded.
aPrimarily White (82%).