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released: 20 Jun 2002 author: AIHW media release

This report describes persisting morbidity among hospitalisations due to near drowning in Australia for 1997-98, and includes statistics on all near-drownings for that year. The report will be relevant to those interested in data on drowning and near drowning, as well as to community practitioners, health planners and administrators, academic researchers and the public.

ISSN 1444 3791; ISBN 978 1 74024 186 1; Cat. no. INJCAT 45; 68pp.; $10.00

Publication

Publication table of contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Hospitalised near drownings
    • Data source
    • Identifying hospitalisations due to near drownings
    • Profile
      • Age and sex
      • Circumstances of near drowning
      • Diagnoses
      • Procedures
      • Outcome
  • Persisting morbidity among hospitalised near drownings
    • Defining persisting morbidity
    • Identifying 'probable' persisting morbidity cases
    • Profile
      • Age and sex
      • Circumstances of near drowning
      • Diagnoses
      • Procedures
      • Length of stay
      • Separation mode
  • Data issues
    • Data sources
    • Selection criteria
    • Hospitalised cases vs other cases
    • Errors, inconsistencies and uncertainty in the data
    • Calculation of rates
    • Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-AM
  • Other sources of information
    • Methods
    • Results
      • Trauma registries
      • The Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register
  • Summary
    • Hospitalised near drownings
    • Persisting morbidity among near drowning cases
    • Other data sources
  • References
  • Appendices

Recommended citation

Steenkamp M 2002. Persisting morbidity among hospitalisations for near drowning, Australia 1997-98. Injury Research and Statistics Series no. 12. Cat. no. INJCAT 45. Canberra: AIHW.