Publication list

Serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train, Australia, 2001-02 to 2005-06

Injury research and statistics series no. 43

This report presents national statistics on serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train that resulted in admission to hospital in Australia during the five-year period 2001-02 to 2005-06. It examines variables such as mode of transport, gender and age group. It also focuses on level crossing accidents.

Authored by Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 15 August 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 816 7; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 114; INTERNET ONLY

Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia, 2005-06

Injury research and statistics series no. 42

This report presents national statistics on serious injury due to land transport accidents that resulted in admission to hospital in Australia during the one-year period 2005-06. It focuses on road vehicle traffic crashes in particular, and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre.

Authored by Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 23 July 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 795 5; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 113; 64pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Serious injury due to transport accidents, Australia, 2005-06

Injury research and statistics series no. 41

This report presents national statistics on serious injury due to transport accidents that resulted in admission to hospital in Australia during the one-year period 2005-06. It examines variables such as mode of transport, gender and age group.

Authored by Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 23 July 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 794 8; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 112; INTERNET ONLY

Hospitalised farm injury among children and young people, Australia 2000-01 to 2004-05

NISU briefing no. 12

Over the five-year period 2000-01 to 2004-05, a total of at least 3,926 children and young people were hospitalised as the result of injuries sustained on farms. This briefing focuses on these cases.

Authored by Kreisfield R.

Published 22 July 2008; ISSN 1833-024X; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 106; INTERNET ONLY

Venomous bites and stings in Australia to 2005

Injury research and statistics series no. 40

This report describes the bites and stings due to contact with venomous animals and plants that resulted in a separation from an Australian hospital in the period 1st July 2002 to 30th June 2005. Analyses of bite and sting cases over time (1999-05) are also presented. Hospitalised bites and stings were most frequently attributed to spiders, bees and wasps while snakebites were a less frequent cause of hospitalisation. Higher rates of serious bites and stings were generally observed for males and for younger people. Little change in the rate of hospitalised bites and stings was noted over time. This report demonstrates that changes made to the ICD-10-AM classification system from 1st July 2002 have greatly improved the specificity and utility of hospitalised bite and sting data.

Authored by Bradley C.

Published 29 May 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 771 9; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 110; $30.00

Deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning, Australia 1999-00 to 2003-04

Injury research and statistics series no. 39

This report presents national statistics on deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning for the five-year period 1999-00 to 2003-04. Drowning occurs in a number of settings and contexts: in bodies of natural water, in swimming pools and bathtubs, in association with watercraft and as the result of intentional self-harm. Drownings resulting in death and hospitalisation are described in relation to these in terms of case numbers and rates, by age and sex, remoteness of usual residence, length of stay in hospital, and other characteristics. This report will be relevant to anyone interested in gaining an insight into patterns of fatal and non-fatal drowning and the burden they impose on the Australian community.

Authored by Henley G & Kreisfield R.

Published 2 April 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 174024 757 3; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 109; 111pp.; $30.00

Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06

Injury research and statistics series no. 36

Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very debilitating injury. This report presents information from the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR) on 374 newly incident cases from trauma and disease in the year 2005-06. During the year, 284 new cases of SCI from traumatic causes were registered in Australia, an age-adjusted incidence rate of 15.7 cases per million population. The most common clinical outcome of SCI was incomplete tetraplegia (93 cases). Transport related injuries (46%) and falls (33%) accounted for over three-quarters of the 284 cases of traumatic SCI. Cases also occurred during sport (n=35) and working for income, including travel to and from work (n=43). Falling was the most common type of event leading to traumatic SCI at older ages. The ASCIR is a collaborative activity of the AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit and all of the specialist spinal units in Australia.

Authored by Cripps R.

Published 14 November 2007; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 733 7; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 102; 50pp.; $30.00

Use of multiple causes of death data for identifying and reporting injury mortality

Injury technical paper series no. 9

Authored by Kreisfield R & Harrison J.

Published 15 October 2007; ISSN 1444-778X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 711 5; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 98; INTERNET ONLY

Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia 2003-04

Injury research and statistics series no. 38

Authored by Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 10 October 2007; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 723 8; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 107; INTERNET ONLY

Serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train, Australia 1999-00 to 2003-04

Injury research and statistics series no. 37

Authored by Flood L, Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 10 October 2007; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 722 1; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 104; INTERNET ONLY