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Table 3 Age Group and Gender and Presence of Maltreatment Code of Australian Children Hospitalised between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2006

From: Using Routinely Collected Hospital Data for Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Issues, Methods and Patterns

Sex and Age Groups

Any Maltreatment Code

No Maltreatment Code

Total

 

n

%

n

%

n

Males

     

   < 1

180

0.2

79982

99.8

80162

   1-5

160

0.1

115821

99.9

115981

   6-9

85

0.2

52370

99.8

52455

   10-14

327

0.5

60590

99.5

60917

   15-17

143

0.3

49602

99.7

49745

   Total

895

0.2

358365

99.8

359260

Females

     

   < 1

132

0.2

59032

99.8

59164

   1-5

177

0.2

82337

99.8

82514

   6-9

45

0.1

38154

99.9

38199

   10-14

337

0.7

47252

99.3

47589

   15-17

534

0.9

60541

99.1

61075

   Total

1225

0.4

287316

99.6

288541

Total

     

   < 1

312

0.2

139029

99.8

139341

   1-5

337

0.2

198160

99.8

198497

   6-9

130

0.1

90525

99.9

90655

   10-14

664

0.6

107842

99.4

108506

   15-17

677

0.6

110143

99.4

110820

Total (missing n = 18)

2120

0.3

645699

99.7

647819