ACC — Injuries in New Zealand: Insights from 2024
Accident Compensation Corporation
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2026-10-09
Next review: 2027-04-09
New Zealand
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Evidence boundary: Calendar-year 2024 administrative claims, published June 2025; official release coverage is dated 19 June 2025, but this review does not establish an earlier first-release day. The ten physical PDF pages contain multiple printed pages per sheet. All-age claims, active claims, people and programme participation are distinct measures; no current fall prevalence, individual clinical recommendation or service availability is inferred. Original PDF, filename and June 2026 capture are preserved.
Short Answer
ACC’s ten-page national injury snapshot uses calendar-year 2024 claims to show where injuries occur, their recovery costs and prevention programmes.
Key Points
- •The data period is 1 January–31 December 2024. The June 2025 publication covers all ages and injury settings; the filename’s 2024 label describes the data year, not publication year.
- •ACC reports about 2 million claims from 1.6 million people in 2024; 99% of claims were accepted and 93% were for medical care only. Claims and people are different denominators.
- •Home and community injuries accounted for 66% of claims and 54% of recovery costs. These are national claims proportions, not rates of injury among older adults.
- •Around 42% of home-related injuries involved falls or loss of balance, compared with about 16% from lifting, carrying or straining. The report identifies trips and hazards as common contributors.
- •The report describes Live Stronger for Longer and ACC-accredited community strength and balance classes, reporting over 1,700 classes and around 44,000 older adults attending annually at publication. These are historical programme figures, not current local availability or guarantees against falling.
- •The gardening section reports 15,947 claims among people aged 60–69. This is an age-specific claim count without a population denominator or comparison adjusted for exposure.
Full Summary & Notes
ACC’s ten-page national injury snapshot uses calendar-year 2024 claims to show where injuries occur, their recovery costs and prevention programmes. Home and community injuries account for about two-thirds of claims, with falls or loss of balance causing around 42% of home-related injuries. The report describes strength and balance programmes for older adults alongside sport, work and road injuries. Published in June 2025, it is a historical administrative-claims snapshot, not an older-person falls prevalence study or individual treatment advice.
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