| Table 17.1 | ||||||||
| Incidence of accidents within the past 3 months by | ||||||||
| sex and age, 2001-02 to 2007-08 | ||||||||
| Persons aged 16+ | Percentages | |||||||
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | Base (2007-08) =100%1 | |
| Total | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 114 |
| 20-29 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 446 |
| 30-39 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 618 |
| 40-49 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 626 |
| 50-59 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 521 |
| 60-69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 566 |
| 70-79 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 356 |
| 80+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 167 |
| All | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3,414 |
| Males | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 62 |
| 20-29 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 167 |
| 30-39 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 257 |
| 40-49 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 272 |
| 50-59 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 226 |
| 60-69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 262 |
| 70-79 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 163 |
| 80+ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 59 |
| All | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1,468 |
| Females | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 52 |
| 20-29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 279 |
| 30-39 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 361 |
| 40-49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 354 |
| 50-59 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 295 |
| 60-69 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 304 |
| 70-79 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 193 |
| 80+ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 108 |
| All | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1,946 |
| Source: Continuous Household Survey | ||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size | ||||||||