The table shows the causes of
injuries
in Australia among Use synonyms
teenagers
and the general Use synonyms
population
. It compares Use synonyms
rates
for Use synonyms
males
aged 13–19, Use synonyms
females
aged 13–19, all Use synonyms
teenagers
, and the total Use synonyms
population
. The Use synonyms
rates
are measured per 100,000 people.
Use synonyms
Overall
, transport accidents and falls were major causes of Linking Words
injuries
among Use synonyms
teenagers
, Use synonyms
while
complications of medical care and falls were much higher in the total Linking Words
population
. Male Use synonyms
teenagers
generally had higher injury Use synonyms
rates
than Use synonyms
females
in most categories.
For transport accidents, the Use synonyms
rate
for male Use synonyms
teenagers
was 779 Use synonyms
cases
per 100,000, compared with 323 for Use synonyms
females
. Motorcyclist and pedal cyclist Use synonyms
injuries
were especially high among Use synonyms
males
, at 230 and 210 Use synonyms
respectively
, Punctuation problem
, respectively
while
the figures for Linking Words
females
were much lower. Car occupant Use synonyms
injuries
were Use synonyms
also
common in both groups.
Falls were another important cause of injury, particularly for Linking Words
males
, with a Use synonyms
rate
of 720, compared to 193 for Use synonyms
females
. Use synonyms
However
, in the total Linking Words
population
, falls reached 843 Use synonyms
cases
, making it one of the highest Use synonyms
overall
categories.
Complications of medical care had the highest Linking Words
rate
in the total Use synonyms
population
at 1431 Use synonyms
cases
per 100,000, Use synonyms
while
the Linking Words
rate
among Use synonyms
teenagers
was much lower at 344. Assault Use synonyms
rates
were Use synonyms
also
noticeably higher among teenage Linking Words
males
than Use synonyms
females
. Use synonyms
Overall
, the total injury Linking Words
rate
for Use synonyms
teenagers
was 2750 Use synonyms
cases
, slightly lower than the general Use synonyms
population
figure of 3712.Use synonyms