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Every quarter we release operational statistics to assist users in interpreting search results and data reports. The statistics include figures by year and jurisdiction about case closure rates and document attachment in the NCIS. Figures about ICD-10 inclusion are provided biannually.

Our operational statistics have been updated and are now available online.

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An average of 791 antidepressant and antipsychotic-related deaths occur in Australia every year, according to a new fact sheet released today.

The fact sheet, Antidepressant and antipsychotic-related deaths in Australia, reviewed the circumstances of 16,627 deaths reported in Australia and made several key findings, including:

• Antidepressant and antipsychotic-related deaths increased from 2.1 deaths per 100,000 persons in 2001 to 4.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2021.
• Over half (53.1%, n=8821) of all antidepressant and antipsychotic-related deaths were unintentional, and over one third (36.5%, n=6063) were due to intentional self-harm.
• Sedatives and hypnotics such as alcohol (n=5667) and benzodiazepines (n=10,129) were frequently identified alongside antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs.

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Edition 78 of Fatal facts is now available.

The edition covers cases closed by an Australian coroner between July and September 2023.

Fatal facts is a unique service providing access to coronial recommendations from across Australia. It is a publicly accessible online tool that enables searching for coronial recommendations by topic.

Cases are added to the tool regularly by the NCIS Unit. NCIS users with authorised access can look up further case information using the NCIS number assigned to each case summary.

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Several updates to NCIS Online have been made to enhance user experience:

• New restricted cases exclusion statement on search screens
• Amendments to search screens to allow tailored search options by jurisdiction which matches user permissions
• New functionality to the way a saved query is updated

Read the system update (External link) for further information

Supplementary data sourced from Births, Deaths and Marriages Registries for deaths reported to an Australian coroner has been uploaded to the NCIS:

• Indigenous status and Place of birth data for 2021 and 2022

Read the system update (External link) for further information

National Australian data for 2021 is now available for inclusion in NCIS data reports. More recent data is available for select jurisdictions.

NCIS data reports contain information about coronial data held in the collection, and are available on request from eligible organisations.

New requestors and those seeking an update to a previous data report can submit a request (External link) via our website. Fees apply.

Every quarter we release operational statistics to assist users in interpreting search results and data reports. The statistics include figures by year and jurisdiction about case closure rates and document attachment in the NCIS. Figures about ICD-10 inclusion are provided biannually.

Our operational statistics have been updated and are now available online.

View operational statistics