Cats and dogs had been accountable for greater than half of all harm hospitalisations associated to contact with animals in 2021/22, knowledge from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare discovered.
Sara Ahmed from the AIHW mentioned the age-standardised price of those accidents elevated from 66.5 per 100,000 in 2012/1313 to 90.5 per cent in 2021/22.
“During this 10-year period, hospitalised injuries due to contact with animals gradually increased,” she mentioned.
A survey from Animal Medicines Australia discovered nationwide pet possession has elevated by eight per cent since 2019, with two-thirds of Australian households home to a number of pets.
“Although owning a pet comes with a risk of injury, research has shown that interactions between humans and animals can provide benefits to our health and wellbeing,” Dr Ahmed mentioned.
“Unsurprisingly common domestic pets account for the largest proportion of animals involved in injury hospitalisations.”
The analysis discovered there have been 23,380 hospitalisations due to contact with animals in 2021/22, a ten per cent improve on the yr earlier than.
The important accidents had been attributable to dogs or cats and had been open wounds, accounting for almost 60 per cent of hospitalisations, adopted by fractures and poisonous results.
Livestock made up almost 1 / 4 of all harm hospitalisations, induced primarily by horses, adopted by cows and sheep.
Females had been twice as prone to be injured by livestock than males.
Dr Ahmed mentioned venomous animals usually are not the largest menace to Australians.
“Australia is home to some of the most venomous animals in the world, however Australians are 6.6 times as likely to be hospitalised due to injury involving non-venomous compared to venomous animals,” she mentioned.
Just one in 5 hospitalisations had been attributable to venomous animals, largely from reptiles, adopted by bugs and arthropods and venomous snakes or lizards at simply 11 per cent.
Jellyfish hospitalisations had been few, although three in 4 had been from lethal Irukandji jellyfish present in northern Australia.
Indigenous Australians had been additionally greater than two instances as prone to be hospitalised due to contact with dwelling issues.
