Table 4

Unadjusted rates of in-hospital fall (IHF) and fall-related fracture (FRF) separations between 1 July 1998 and 30 June 2008

Financial year	IHF (all separations as denominator)				FRFx (all separations as denominator)^*				FRFx (IHF separations as denominator)*
Financial year	N	Percentage year separations	Total year LOS days	Rate IHF per 1000 bed days	N	Percentage separations	Total LOS Days	Rate per 1000 bed days	N	Percentage IHF separations	Total LOS Days	Rate per 1000 bed days
1998/1999	1179	0.36	2826882	0.41	324	0.03	2825179	0.11	324	27.48	35720	9.07
1999/2000	1599	0.49	2905376	0.55	381	0.04	2903397	0.13	381	23.83	48934	7.79
2000/2001	1888	0.59	2946043	0.64	426	0.04	2942569	0.14.	426	22.56.	63130	6.75
2001/2002	1956	0.61	3076914	0.64	405	0.04	3074980	0.13.	405	20.71	67294	6.02
2002/2003	2065	0.62	3150331	0.66	384	0.03	3147893	0.12.	384	18.60	64040	6.00
2003/2004	2173	0.65	3159931	0.69	368	0.03	3157745	0.12.	368	16.94	65198	5.64
2004/2005	2250	0.66	3160069	0.71	330	0.03	3158080	0.10.	330	14.67	65382	5.05
2005/2006	2559	0.74	3165787	0.81	338	0.03	3164179	0.11.	338	13.21	69464	4.87
2006/2007	2786	0.80	3169544	0.88.	378	0.03	3166395	0.12	378	13.57	74789	5.05
2007/2008	2795	0.79	3173031	0.88	398	0.03	3170188	0.13	398	14.24	73974	5.38

↵* The denominator does not include episodes in which there was an in hospital fracture but no associated fall. LOS, length of stay.