NCIS system update 18 December 2020 A number of updates have applied to supplementary codes that support Australian coronial data on the NCIS: The October to December quarterly update for incident, residential and death address geocoding has been completed Preliminary ICD-10 codes for Australian 2018 cases have been updated to include z codes and preliminary ICD-10 codes for Australian 2019 cases have been added Safe Work Australia codes for 2019 [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 64 released 2 December 2020 Fatal facts edition 64 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between January and March 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 [...]
New NCIS fact sheet released 25 November 2020 An average of 7520 injury deaths of Australian residents are reported in Australia every year, according to a new fact sheet released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) Unit today. The fact sheet Injury deaths by residential remoteness area in Australia examines all closed case external cause deaths of persons residing in Australia reported to a coroner between 1 January 2001 [...]
NCIS system update 29 October 2020 Users can now search and/or return geocodes applied to death address on the NCIS. Find out more about this update in the release notes available on the NCIS website. NCIS System Update - 29 October 2020 Subscribe to news Media enquiries Contact ncis@ncis.org.au or see media requests for data
NCIS operational statistics update 8 October 2020 The NCIS 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 2020. The applicable statistics are: Case Closure Statistics Document Attachment Statistics All NCIS statistics are publicly available on the NCIS website Subscribe to news Media enquiries Contact ncis@ncis.org.au or see [...]
New NCIS fact sheet released 7 October 2020 An average of 350 young people die due to intentional self-harm in Australia every year, according to a new fact sheet released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) Unit today. The fact sheet, Intentional self-harm deaths of young persons in Australia, examines all closed case intentional self-harm deaths of persons aged under 25 years reported to an Australian coroner between 1 January 2001 and 31 December [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 63 released 16 September 2020 Fatal facts edition 63 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between October and December 2019. 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 [...]
World Suicide Prevention Day and the NCIS 10 September 2020 Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, a day aimed at raising awareness and reinforcing commitment to suicide prevention. The NCIS Unit is dedicated to assisting researchers in accessing coronial data for the purposes of death and injury prevention, including in efforts to reduce suicide. There are currently 17 third party research projects specifically examining intentional self-harm deaths that have ethical approval [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 62 released 26 August 2020 Fatal facts edition 62 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between July and September 2019. 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 [...]
New NCIS fact sheet released 12 August 2020 An average of 190 people die due to injury from a sport or recreation incident in Australia every year, according to a new fact sheet released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) Unit today. The fact sheet, Sport and recreation deaths in Australia, examines all closed case injury deaths due to a sport or physical recreation incident reported to an Australian coroner between 1 [...]