TABLE 1—
First Unintentional Injury Hospitalization by Injury Mechanism in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children: New South Wales, Australia, 2000–2014
| Aboriginal |
Non-Aboriginal |
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| Injury Type | No. | Person-Years | Rate (95% CI) | No. | Person-Years | Rate (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) |
| All unintentional injury | 3412 | 216 812 | 157.33 (152.1, 162.71) | 75 393 | 7 592 982 | 99.30 (98.59, 100.01) | 1.58 (1.53, 1.64) |
| Fall | 1430 | 225 886 | 63.31 (60.07, 66.67) | 37 320 | 7 783 346 | 47.95 (47.46, 48.44) | 1.33 (1.26, 1.41) |
| Other specified | 446 | 230 134 | 19.38 (17.62, 21.26) | 8901 | 7 906 249 | 11.26 (11.03, 11.49) | 1.68 (1.53, 1.85) |
| Poisoning | 349 | 229 982 | 15.18 (13.62, 16.85) | 4129 | 7 923 084 | 5.21 (5.05, 5.37) | 2.72 (2.44, 3.03) |
| Transportation | 324 | 230 460 | 14.06 (12.57, 15.68) | 6040 | 7 922 924 | 7.62 (7.43, 7.82) | 1.97 (1.76, 2.20) |
| Struck by or against an object | 318 | 230 470 | 13.80 (12.32, 15.40) | 6853 | 7 919 477 | 8.65 (8.45, 8.86) | 1.61 (1.44, 1.80) |
| Fire, flames, heat, and hot substances | 289 | 230 319 | 12.55 (11.14, 14.08) | 3825 | 7 925 689 | 4.83 (4.67, 4.98) | 2.42 (2.15, 2.73) |
| Natural or environmental | 185 | 231 086 | 8.01 (6.89, 9.25) | 3204 | 7 934 282 | 4.04 (3.90, 4.18) | 1.97 (1.70, 2.28) |
| Cutting or piercing | 175 | 231 163 | 7.57 (6.49, 8.78) | 3542 | 7 933 344 | 4.46 (4.32, 4.61) | 1.71 (1.47, 1.99) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio.