Dimension 2: Safety
All
Outcome
Young South Australians are safe and nurtured
Indicator
Children and young people are safe from preventable injury
Hospitalisations
The proportion of children and young people under 18 years presenting to public hospital emergency departments whose presentation are classified as ‘potentially preventable hospitalisations’ in SA was 12.1% in 2022 (13.3% in 2018).
Data Source: Health Information Portal (Admitted Activity), SA Health
Preventable/unintentional deaths due to injury
For a three-year period from 2014-16, 5.3 per 100,000 deaths of children and young people under 15 years in SA were attributable to preventable/unintentional injury (4.5 in 2010-12).
Nationally, the rate was 4.1 from 2014-16 (5.0 in 2010-12).
Data Source: AIHW, Children’s Headline Indicators
Restraint in vehicles
In 2022-23, 396 police cautions or fines were issued in SA to drivers for passengers under 16 years not being safely restrained (a significant reduction from 614 in 2018-19).
Data Source: DATA SA, Expiation Notice System Data