Injury deaths, Australia 2002
This report describes injury mortality in Australia during 2002. It includes information about the major causes of injury such as transport-related deaths, suicide and accidental falls. The data provided in relation to each cause include age and sex, State and Territory differences, trends over time, and other associated factors. The report will be relevant to anyone interested in gaining an insight into patterns of injury mortality and the burden it imposes on the Australian community.
Reported injury mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia, 1997-2000
Results from an exploratory analysis of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mortality data are presented in this technical report. This report, based on available recorded data, is intended to inform and enhance future statistical reports. Due to differences between the States and Territories in the quality of death and population data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the approach adopted for this report is to report data for two regions. Jurisdictions in which ascertainment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status is thought to be relatively good (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory) are called Region A in the report. Ascertainment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status is probably more complete in deaths data for Region A then for Region B (New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania).
Descriptive epidemiology of traumatic fractures in Australia
Fractures are the most common type of injury that results in admission to a hospital in Australia. This report describes injury cases hospitalised in Australia during the financial year 2001-02 that involved fractures.The report provides an overview of hospitalised fractures in terms of case numbers and rates, demographic characteristics of patients, circumstances of occurrence and types of case. This report will be useful for injury prevention and control initiatives, as well as forming a basis for more specific investigations.
Spinal cord injury, Australia 2002-03
Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very debilitating injury. Australia was the first country to implement a national population-based register to enable surveillance of SCI cases to help prevent and control this problem. This report provides information on case registrations for the year 2002-03.
Draft national injury prevention plan
In this issue... Draft National Injury Prevention Plan; National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy; Release of ICECI Version 1.2; From the Coroner: Baby bath seat; NSW Falls Management Strategy; Hospitalised fractures; SIPP Communique; In the journals.
Community-based Indigenous injury prevention projects
In this issue... Community-based Indigenous Injury Prevention Projects; SIPP Communique; Injury on the Internet; Did you know...; New on the RCIS Website; Conference update, AIPN; Violence - Make a Difference; NSW Adopts Aboriginal Safety Strategy; Information about Injury in Indigenous People; Collecting Patient Registration Information Training Program; From the Coroner.
NCIS as a tool for injury surviellance
In this issue... National Coronial Information System as an injury surveillance tool; SIPP Communique; Health system cost of falls in WA; New on the RCIS website; From the Coroner - coronial findings on consumer products; Journal: Injury Prevention; Spinal cord injury in Australia 2001-02; Management structure of the Spinal Cord Injury Register; Staff changes at RCIS; Injury research in Australia and New Zealand.
Injury risk factors, attitudes and awareness, a submission to the CATI-TRG
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) is a methodology increasingly utilised in the public health arena both in Australia and internationally. The CATI Technical Reference Group, in collaboration with other key organisations, is currently developing a national pool of question modules addressing a wide range of public health topics. These surveillance system modules include such topics as asthma, diabetes, physical activity, and nutrition. This paper contributes to the development of a module addressing injury.
The National Coroners Information System as an information tool for injury surveillance
This report assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the National Coroners Information System (NCIS), particularly in terms of its coverage and data integrity and in supporting injury prevention initiatives, primarily by comparing it to the ABS Deaths Data Collection. Specific injury topic areas are considered to aid this assessment, but the focus is on illustrating the functions of the NCIS rather than providing a comprehensive description of the topic area.
Spinal cord injury, Australia 2001-02
Australia was the first country to implement a national population-based register to enable surveillance of spinal cord injury cases to help prevent and control this problem. This report provides information on case registrations for the year 2001-02.
Identifying national priorities for injury prevention
In this issue... National injury conference; Identifying national priorities for injury prevention; Trends in spinal injuries; Using CATI for injury surveillance; New on the RCIS website; New edition of Type of Occurrence Classification; Report on ATSI Workshop Flinders Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Events; Report on ICE meeting in Paris; Poor vision and hip fractures; In the journals; Coronial Information System put through its paces; Falls - our costliest epidemic.
National Injury Prevention Plan Priorities for 2004 and Beyond
Provides a discussion of injury priority setting in a global context by reviewing the public health approach to injury prevention and in a local context by identifying a developmental approach to injury prevention within Australia. The document will be relevant to those interested in priority setting in a health arena, health and policy planners, health administrators, researchers and the public.
Trends in spinal cord injury, Australia 1986-1997
The specific objective of this report is to present information on trends in spinal cord injury (SCI) in Australia. It provides time-series information about the demographic features, causal factors and outcomes of SCI. It also illustrates how information on these parameters can provide new insights into the prevention and control of SCI and future research needs.
Alcohol and water safety
In this issue... Alcohol and water safety; Reflections on the Perth Conference; Injury in the Asia-Pacific Region; Conference photos; New ATSI Health Statistics Unit; New on the RCIS website; Injury in Bangladesh; World Health Day 2004; AIPN Report; Suicide risk factors in Bangalore, India; Suicide among young Samoans; Eye Safety Project, Bangladesh; New staff at RCIS; Childhood injury prevention in Vietnam; Suicide and risk-taking deaths of children and young people; SIPP Communique.
Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2000-01
Spinal cord injury is one of the more debilitating injuries that a person can suffer. Australia was the first country to implement a national population-based register to enable surveillance of spinal cord injury cases to help prevent and control this problem. This report provides information on case registrations for the period 2000-01.
Diagnosis-based injury severity scaling: a method using Australian and New Zealand hospital data coded to ICD-10-AM
This report provides an evaluation of the applicability of an ICD-based Injury Severity Scale (ICISS) to ICD-10 and ICD-10-AM using Australian and New Zealand hospital separations data. The report will be relevant to those interested in measures of injury severity, particularly those involved in health and policy planning and injury researchers.
Alcohol and water safety, national alcohol strategy 2001 to 2003-04
This report was prepared in response to an invitation to examine the role of alcohol in drowning and other types of injury associated with recreational aquatic activities. The purpose of this report is to collate available information, including new sources, to support priority setting and policy formulation.
WHO report on violence
In this issue...; WHO report on violence; Editorial; Older Australia at a glance; NSW plans for the future; ... and so does SA; Injury prevention in China; Christmas greetings; Perth Conference Update; Staff changes at RCIS; Injury on the internet; New on-line injury course; ICECI. latest developments; Child safety on farms; SIPP Communique; Launch of National Coronial Information System; NSW child deaths; ATSIIPAC News; In the journals; New on the RCIS Website; Injury prevention in Mongolia; Towards an Australian Safe Communities Foundation.
Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 1999-00
This report focuses on external causes of injury and principal diagnoses of injuries treated during hospitalisation in 1999-00. The report will be relevant to those interested in national hospitalisations due to injury and poisoning, including community practitioners, health planners and administrators, and the public. The data issues section will also be important for academic and health researchers who use hospital separations data.
Technical review and documentation of current NHPA injury indicators and data sources
This report provides an improved technical basis for reporting indicators of injury occurrence in Australia. The current set of National Health Priority Areas (NHPA) injury indicators has been documented thoroughly to enable them to be reported without ambiguity concerning which cases should be included, calculation methods, or other technical considerations. In addition, the precise purposes of the indicators have been reviewed, and a set of revisions to the technical specification has been proposed, in order to improve the capacity of the indicators to serve these purposes. The technically revised specification is designed to provide more valid monitoring of trends in the population incidence of serious injury in Australia.
Overview of injury hospitalisation
In this issue... Injury hospitalisations; Report from Montreal; Charter on people's right to safety; AIPN needs you; Towards better injury indicators; Update on driveway runovers; Australia's Health 2002; Spinal cord injury 1999-00; Hospitalisation due to traumatic brain injury; Near drownings; NSW drowning prevention initiatives; Australian beach hazards; Churchill fellowships for injury; In the journals: recent Australian injury research.
Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 1998-99
This report describes information on external causes of injury and principal diagnoses of injuries treated during hospitalisation. It also looks at some of the issues associated with reporting these data. The report will be relevant to community practitioners, health planners and administrators, and the public. The data issues section will also be important for academic and health researchers who use hospital separations data.
Hospitalisation due to traumatic brain injury, Australia 1997-98
This report examines the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Australia in 1997-98, based on hospital separation data. It shows that TBI accounted for 7 per cent of all injury hospital separations. It also includes data on the age-standardised rate of TBI and the main causes of TBI among different age groups (the male rate was higher than the female rate in most age groups).Statistically significant state rate differences were recorded overall, but not among very severe cases. A recent decline in the rate of TBI was also noted but requires further assessment.
Persisting morbidity among hospitalisations for near drowning, Australia 1997-98
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.
Surveillance of eventing to go national
In this issue... Surveillance of eventing injuries; WHO releases injury surveillance guidelines; Two new mandatory product safety standards: bunk beds and baby walkers; Comments on proposed babywalker standard; New injury reseachers' network; A bright idea: protective headband for car occupants; State and Territory News; Commonwealth News; Obituary: Struan Sutherland; Improved data on venomous animals and toxic plants.