The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has recently stated that men had made up more than half of the injury hospitalisations and 8,700 injury related deaths in 2021-2022. Injury hospitalisations and deaths include intentional self-harm.
The AIHW had made a link between injury hospitalisations in males as a result of the likelihood of them engaging in risk-taking behaviours.
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First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 5 June 2024