The graph illustrates two sets of data regarding the length of stays for seriously injured patients at public and private hospitals in Queensland, Australia. The information is given for age groups for every four years of age.
Overall, it can be seen that the average stays at public hospitals were lengthier than the stays in private ones across all age groups. Additionally, regarding rises and drops in the lengths of stay, both followed a similar pattern.
The figure shows that the least length of stays belongs to age group zero to four years at about 5 days, which then rises sharply to approximately 60 days for 25-to-29-years-old patients. This was followed by a sharp decrease to less than 45 days for age groups 35 to 39, and again follows a steep rise to slightly below 55 days. Then, the trend sees a sharp decline in the lengths of hospital stays just above 30 days for age group 55 to 54, and steadily continued to decrease just under 20 days of stay for patients aged 85 years-old or more.
Although the trend for private hospitals followed a similar pattern, it began at slightly below 10 days for age group 15 to 19. It then peaked at about 35 days for age group 25 to 29 which is the similar to public hospitals. The trend follows a steady decrease and fluctuation until the 85-years-old age group where it reached the same length as the public hospitals. The average length of stay was always larger in the age groups for public hospitals.