AI-generated image: Among hospitalized patients in Korea, patients hospitalized due to injuries were found to account for the largest proportion. More than half of the causes of injuries were falls, more than twice as many as transportation accidents such as traffic accidents. On the 29th, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced the ‘2024 Discharge Injury Statistics’, which analyzed the characteristics of patients hospitalized for injuries. The in-depth discharge injury survey is conducted to provide the basis necessary for establishing and evaluating damage prevention and management policies.