Technical notes

Injury surveillance data has changed over time. This visualisation shows the timeline of key changes in injury data sources from 1971 (Figure T1).

Figure T1: Timeline of injury surveillance data, Australia, 1971–2025

Interactive timeline of key changes in injury data sources between 1971 and 2024.

Interactive timeline of key changes in injury data sources between 1971 and 2024.

Notes:

  1. Where the change description is '*' there are multiple changes on a date. Select that data group to expand and display changes.
  2. Detailed technical notes about hospitals and emergency department data can be accessed via AIHW's Hospitals About the data.
  3. Detailed notes about deaths data can be accessed via National Mortality Database information.