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Suicide & self-harm monitoring

The website and portal

Suicide and self-harm monitoring website

The reporting of suicide and self-harm statistics and information on the AIHW website represents only one part of the National Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring Project. It brings together – for the first time – data on suicide, intentional self-harm and suicidal behaviours from existing national morbidity (hospitalisation) and mortality data sources and national survey data. New national data from state and territory ambulance services is included, attained specifically through this project, from the National Ambulance Surveillance System (NASS). For further information on data sources see Data sources and technical notes.

The web-based format for Suicide and self-harm monitoring includes interactive data visualisations and geospatial mapping to illustrate and explore the statistics as well as text to assist with their interpretation and clarification of the limitations of the data.

This content will be regularly updated as new data become available. Further data sources will also be added as they become available from data development activities (see below).

Analyst portal

The suicide monitoring system also includes the Analyst Portal (the Portal) for policy evaluation, service planning and service activities by data custodians and approved users, such as Primary Health Networks (PHNs). The de-identified data and information provided in the Portal will enable policy makers and service providers to identify emerging trends and priority populations to support timely policy decisions and localised planning of suicide prevention activities.

The Portal is managed by the AIHW and includes national morbidity, mortality and ambulance data, with states and territories able to contribute other data, such as emergency department, suicide register or police data. The Portal is now available to external users and the AIHW is working collaboratively with jurisdictions, PHNs and other key stakeholders to determine:

  • what data can be made available in the Portal
  • how this data will enter the Portal
  • what analyses are needed and can be performed in the Portal
  • who needs to access the Portal.

Members of the National Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring Project Expert Advisory Group and people with lived experience of suicide are contributing to the development of the Portal.

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Caution: Some people may find parts of this content confronting or distressing.

Please carefully consider your needs when reading the following information about suicide and self-harm. If this material raises concerns for you contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, or see other ways you can seek help.

The information included here places an emphasis on data, and as such, can appear to depersonalise the pain and loss behind the statistics. The AIHW acknowledges the individuals, families and communities affected by suicide each year in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) readers are advised that the National Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring System includes information about the suicide and self-harm of First Nations people.

The AIHW supports the use of the Mindframe guidelines on responsible, accurate and safe suicide and self-harm reporting. Please consider these guidelines when reporting on statistics on the monitoring of suicide and self-harm.

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