The graph below shows the average length of stay last year (in days) for serious injuries for different age groups in private and public hospitals in Queensland, Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph provides two sets of statistics regarding the differing lengths of stays

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year for patients with serious injuries in private and public

hospitals

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in Queensland, Australia. The information is given for

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groups for every four

years

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of

age

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.

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it is clear that

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last

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year public

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hospitals

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stays were longer than stays at private

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across all

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groups, with only one exception. The average lengths of stay were,

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, very similar in trend in terms of how the stays rose and dropped. The figures for public

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begin for the

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group

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zero to four

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. The lengths of stay go up very sharply and steadily from

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group

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, starting at around four

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up to just under sixty

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for the

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group

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twenty-five to twenty-nine. There is

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a sharp and steady drop to just over forty

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to the

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group

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thirty-five to thirty-nine. There is a

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sharp increase to approximately fifty-seven

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for the next

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group

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and

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there is a decrease in the

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of hospital stays.

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drop is sharp to start with

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but slows down from the

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group

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fifty to fifty-four

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(around twenty-seven

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) to eighty-five

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plus (around eighteen

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). The figures for private

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follow a similar trend. The figures begin with the

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group

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fifteen to nineteen

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. They show a rise to a peak at the

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group

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twenty-five to twenty-nine, the same peak

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group

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for public

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. There is

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a mostly steady drop in the

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of hospital stay until the

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years

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age

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group

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, where the

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of stay is the same as the stay at public

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(around eighteen

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).

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is the only average

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of stay

that is

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the same for the public and private

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. The average

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of stay is always larger in the

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groups at public

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.