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Over 65% of patients resided in areas classified as most socioeconomically disadvantaged.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Primary outcomes were the prevalence of acute and chronic wounds and the distribution of wound types. Secondary outcomes included patient demographics and socioeconomic status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We estimated an annual age-sex-standardised prevalence of any wound of 8.34 per 1000 (95% CI 7.56 to 9.13); 3.27 per 1000 (95% CI 3.05 to 3.48) for acute wounds and 4.64 per 1000 (95% CI 4.38 to 4.90) for chronic wounds. The average point prevalence over the year for chronic wounds was 3.81 per 1000 (95% CI 3.57 to 4.04)\u2009which is higher than many previous estimates elsewhere. Prevalence of any wound type increased with age and area-level deprivation and was much higher for males than females. There was no observable seasonal variation in wound prevalence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We have derived robust estimates of the prevalence and characteristics of people receiving community-based wound care in one district of Australia. We found important differences in the frequency and patterns of wounds compared with previous studies elsewhere in the world (notably the UK and Europe). 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