NCIS Fatal facts edition 69 released 8 December 2021 Fatal facts edition 69 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between April and June 2021. A coroner may make recommendations following an investigation that relate to public health and safety to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Fatal facts is a unique NCIS service providing access to coronial recommendations from across all Australian states and territories. It contains [...]
This Sunday is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, an event that acknowledges those who have died or been injured on the world’s roads, and advocates for action to reduce road trauma. The NCIS is a valuable data collection that supports the development of death and injury prevention strategies by providing access to coronial data for death investigation and research. NCIS Fatal facts is a unique tool that allows public access to Australian coronial [...]
The NCIS Annual report 2020-21 is now available. NCIS Annual reports highlight the services, activities and achievements of the NCIS Unit. Significant progress was made during 2020-21 towards the NCIS Unit’s mission to provide comprehensive coronial data to those who need it and vision to save lives through the power of data. Key outputs included the first set of NCIS fact sheets to showcase the New Zealand data held in the collection, the development of [...]
A number of updates have been applied to the supplementary codes that support Australian coronial data in the NCIS: The display of ICD-10 codes has been enhanced Two quarterly updates (April to June, July to September) for incident, residential and death address geocoding have been completed Indigenous status and Place of birth data sourced from Births, Deaths and Marriages Registries for deaths reported to an Australian coroner in 2019 have been uploaded to the NCIS. [...]
Sunday 10 October is World Mental Health Day, an initiative to raise awareness of mental health issues and mobilise support efforts. The NCIS is a valuable data collection that supports the development of death and injury prevention strategies by providing access to coronial data for death investigation and research. A new fact sheet has been released by the NCIS Unit today highlighting the frequency of intentional self-harm deaths of health professionals in Australia. The fact [...]
The NCIS Unit provides operational statistics on a quarterly basis to assist users in interpreting search results. The NCIS operational statistics have been updated as of 1 October 2021, and include figures by year and jurisdiction. The applicable statistics are: Case closure Document attachment View NCIS operational statistics
This month is National Safe Work Month, a time for workers and employers across Australia to commit to safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians. The NCIS is a valuable data collection that supports the development of death and injury prevention strategies by providing access to coronial data for death investigation and research. Safe Work Australia is a core funder of the NCIS Unit and provides supplementary data to the NCIS for Australian work-related deaths, [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 68 released 30 September 2021 Fatal facts edition 68 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between January and March 2021. A coroner may make recommendations following an investigation that relate to public health and safety to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Fatal facts is a unique NCIS service providing access to coronial recommendations from across all Australian states and territories. It contains [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 67 released 16 June 2021 Fatal facts edition 67 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between October and December 2020. A coroner may make recommendations following an investigation that relate to public health and safety to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Fatal facts is a unique NCIS service providing access to coronial recommendations from across all Australian states and territories. It contains [...]
Latest NCIS Mortality data series fact sheets released 5 May 2021 The latest NCIS Mortality data series fact sheets have been released today. The fact sheets, Mortality data series 2018, examine all closed case deaths due to injury, drug contribution and intentional self-harm reported to an Australian coroner in 2018. The series provides yearly data on each type of death to enable comparisons over time. All NCIS fact sheets are publicly available [...]