NCIS Fatal facts edition 61 release 5 August 2020 Fatal facts edition 61 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between April and June 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 [...]
NCIS system update 4 August 2020 Two changes were implemented to the NCIS in August 2020: A new section titled System notices is now available on the NCIS Home page The Last seen alive field has been renamed Last known alive Find out more about this update in the release notes available on the NCIS website. NCIS System Update - 4 August 2020 Subscribe to news [...]
NCIS Fatal facts edition 60 release 15 July 2020 Fatal facts edition 60 contains summaries of cases and recommendations made between January and March 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 [...]
NCIS operational stastics update 13 July 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 July 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 [...]
NCIS system update 1 July 2020 A number of updates have been applied to external codes that support coronial data on the NCIS: Death address geocoding is now available for the first time for NCIS records The quarterly update for incident and residential address geocoding has been completed ICD-10 codes for 2018 now available on Australian and NZ records ICD-10 codes for 2016 and 2017 Australian cases updated with latest versions BDM data [...]
NCIS News Winter 2019 18 June 2019 Welcome to the winter edition of the National Coronial Information System newsletter. Find out about recent research, database developments, training and upcoming deadlines for access applications. Psychostimulants linked to 1 in 5 fatal strokes in young adults A detailed analysis of national coronial records between 2009-2016 found that psychostimulants play a major role in fatal strokes among young adults. Researchers from the National Drug [...]
NCIS media release 29 May 2019 NCIS fact sheet highlights frequency of self-harm deaths among older persons An average of seven older people die by suicide in Australia each week, according to a new report released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS). The fact sheet Intentional self-harm deaths of older persons in Australia examined all closed case intentional self-harm deaths of persons aged 65 years or over reported [...]
NCIS News Autumn 2019 25 March 2019 Welcome to the new look National Coronial Information System newsletter. We'll be publishing NCIS news and updates here regularly. Find out about recent research, database updates, data set and quality developments, training, support and upcoming deadlines for access applications. Subscribe to our news. NZ study raises concerns about zopiclone and clozapine New research into poisoning related deaths in New Zealand shows a surprising [...]
