Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06

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Injury research and statistics series no. 46

This report looks at the death and serious injury of Indigenous persons in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2001-02 to 2005-06. It focuses on the four jurisdictions of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre.

Authored by Berry JG & Harrison J.

Published 22 September 2008; ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 832 7; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 120; INTERNET ONLY

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  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Executive summary
      • All transport injury
      • Land transport
    • Abbreviations
  • Body sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Injury of Indigenous people due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06
      • Rates of fatal injury by mode of transport
      • Rates of serious injury by mode of transport
    3. Indigenous land transport injury, 2001-02 to 2005-06
      • Age and sex distribution
      • Remoteness area
      • Remoteness areas by injured person's vehicle and Indigenous status
      • Mechanism of injury
      • Time trends
      • State and territory differences
      • Other literature
  • End matter
    • Appendix: Data issues
      • Comparability with reports by other organisations
      • Deaths
      • Serious injury
      • Ascertainment of Indigenous status
      • Data quality
      • Population and other denominators
      • Classification of remoteness area
      • Suppression of small cell counts in tables
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

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  1. The wrong graphic was present in Figure 3.15 (22 September 2008).