Table 5. Home injury claims for falls and related costs (total and attributable), New Zealand, 2010–2017.
| Claim type | Annual mean for all home injury claimsa |
Estimated annual burden of disease attributable to home injury hazards |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of claims | Cost, NZ$ | No. of claims | Cost, NZ$ | ||
| Fatal | 280 | 5 225 388 | 68 | 1 277 085 | |
| Serious injury | 49 | 17 218 369 | 12 | 4 208 169 | |
| Hospitalization | 6 345 | 122 677 291 | 1 551 | 29 982 330 | |
| Entitlement claims | 22 611 | 146 400 741 | 5 526 | 35 780 341 | |
| Medical fee only | 442 977 | 125 979 878 | 108 264 | 30 789 482 | |
| Other | 552 | 1 074 288 | 135 | 262 556 | |
| Total | 472 813 | 418 575 955 | 115 555 | 102 299 963 | |
NZ$: New Zealand dollars.
a Claims for slips, trips or falls.
Notes: Costs in NZ$ were estimated using 2017–2018 prices. The exchange rate during this time period was NZ$ 1 to United States $ 0.7148.