The Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin Annual Report: 2024-2025 provides an overview of all children who reported with an injury to the emergency department (ED) of Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) between July 2024 and June 2025.
During this period, 20,862 children (29 percent) of the 72,130 presentations to the PCH ED were due to an injury.
It was reported that children under five years old accounted for one third (34%, n=7,100) of injury presentations to PCH ED with two-year-olds presenting most frequently (8%, n=1,728). Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children accounted for approximately five percent (n=1,048) of injury presentations.
Furthermore, 96 percent (n=20,050) of injury presentations to PCH ED were due to unintentional circumstances, followed by injuries from intentional self-harm accounting for 3 percent (n=538) of presentations.
Falls continued to be the leading cause of injury presentations, accounting for 42 percent (n=7,194) of known causes. Following falls, 32 percent (n=5,544) of presentations were caused by blunt force and 6 percent (n=1,097) were caused by cutting/piercing.
Approximately one quarter of injury presentations (24%, n=4,970) were associated with a sporting activity. The most common sports associated with injuries included soccer (12%, n=608), basketball (12%, n=579), Australian Rules Football (11%, n=566), cycling (11%, n=532) and trampolining (8%, n=413). To learn more about sporting injuries, visit the Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Report: Sports Injuries 2019-2024.
Overall, the report findings provide valuable insight into the key risk factors and circumstances associated with childhood injury in Western Australia.
Visit the Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin Annual Report: 2024-2025 to learn further information about childhood injuries in 2024-2025.
In addition to the Annual Report and Sports Injuries Report, recent Kidsafe WA publications include the Injuries from Toy and Play Equipment Bulletin and the WA Consumer Product Advocacy Network Wheeled Device Injuries Research Report.