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Estimated cost of injury - cutting or piercing

Estimated cost of injury ($millions) sustained through cutting or piercing
Australia 1995-96

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Total Costs Direct Costs Indirect Costs
Morbidity Mortality
Age group 609.319 182.730 420.637 5.952
Persons 0-4 16.108 8.709 7.065 0.334
5-14 44.447 20.530 23.917 0.000
15-24 188.474 46.393 138.956 3.125
25-44 266.967 67.754 198.463 0.750
45-64 78.894 28.945 48.764 1.184
65-74 10.495 6.464 3.471 0.559
75+ 3.936 3.936 0.000 0.000
Male 0-4 9.689 5.243 4.112 0.334
5-14 29.370 13.984 15.386 0.000
15-24 144.910 36.664 105.902 2.343
25-44 199.004 51.795 146.459 0.750
45-64 53.608 21.468 30.955 1.184
65-74 6.273 4.420 1.560 0.293
75+ 1.921 1.921 0.000 0.000
Female 0-4 6.419 3.466 2.953 0.000
5-14 15.077 6.546 8.531 0.000
15-24 43.564 9.730 33.053 0.781
25-44 67.963 15.958 52.005 0.000
45-64 25.286 7.477 17.809 0.000
65-74 4.222 2.044 1.912 0.266
75+ 2.015 2.015 0.000 0.000

Prepared by Jerry Moller in June 1998 using data supplied by the National Injury Surveillance Unit and a methodology developed by the Monash University Accident Research Centre for estimating injury costs.
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