Intentional injury among adults in Victoria Monash University Accident Research Centre
Contributor(s): Monash University Accident Research Centre
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ArticleSeries: Hazard.Publisher: Melbourne, Vic.: Monash University Accident Research Centre 2017Description: electronic document (72 pages) ; PDF file 30 cm.Subject(s): ADOLESCENTS | PHYSICAL ABUSE | ASSAULT | GENDER DIFFERENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | SUICIDE | MEN | STATISTICS | WOMEN | INTERNATIONAL | AUSTRALIA | VICTORIAOnline resources: Click here to access online | Link to Hazard series
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Hazard, no. 83, December 2017Summary: his issue of Hazard provides an overview of intentional injury
in Victoria, among adults aged 15 years and older. Intentional
injury encompasses both self-harm: purposely self-inflicted
injury or poisoning; and assault: injuries inflicted by another
person with intent to injure or kill. This report is based on VISU-
held Emergency Department (ED) presentation and hospital
admissions data, and deaths recorded in the National Coronial
Information System. Injury trends as well as injury patterns in the
three most recent years of available data are presented.
The purpose of this edition of Hazard is to:
• Provide insight into trends and patterns of assault-related
death and hospital treated injury in Victoria;
• Investigate self-harm related hospital treated injury trends
and patterns in Victoria;
• Present an overview of self-harm deaths (suicide) in Victoria.
Injury trends are presented for the years 2006/7 to 2015/16
(hospital data) and 2006/7 to 2013/14 (deaths); more detailed
injury statistics are presented for the years 2013/14 to 2015/16. (From the document). Record #8073
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Hazard, no. 83, December 2017
his issue of Hazard provides an overview of intentional injury
in Victoria, among adults aged 15 years and older. Intentional
injury encompasses both self-harm: purposely self-inflicted
injury or poisoning; and assault: injuries inflicted by another
person with intent to injure or kill. This report is based on VISU-
held Emergency Department (ED) presentation and hospital
admissions data, and deaths recorded in the National Coronial
Information System. Injury trends as well as injury patterns in the
three most recent years of available data are presented.
The purpose of this edition of Hazard is to:
• Provide insight into trends and patterns of assault-related
death and hospital treated injury in Victoria;
• Investigate self-harm related hospital treated injury trends
and patterns in Victoria;
• Present an overview of self-harm deaths (suicide) in Victoria.
Injury trends are presented for the years 2006/7 to 2015/16
(hospital data) and 2006/7 to 2013/14 (deaths); more detailed
injury statistics are presented for the years 2013/14 to 2015/16. (From the document). Record #8073
