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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, an event that aims to raise awareness, reduce stigma and encourage well-informed action to reduce suicide around the world. 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. The NCIS Unit releases fact sheets on coronial data held in the collection. Fact sheets include statistical information on deaths reported to a [...]

An average of 34 household maintenance-related deaths are reported in Australia every year, according to an updated fact sheet released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) Unit today. The fact sheet, Household maintenance-related deaths in Australia, examines all closed case external cause deaths reported to an Australian coroner between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2018 where the activity at the time of the fatal incident was household maintenance. The fact sheet reviewed the circumstances of 608 [...]

Sunday 25 July is World Drowning Prevention Day, an event highlighting the impact of drowning and offering life-saving solutions to prevent it. The NCIS is a valuable tool 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 recommendations. Users can search the tool by a variety of category tags. [...]

This week is National Farm Safety Week, an initiative to raise awareness of farm safety issues in rural communities across Australia. The NCIS is a valuable tool 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 recommendations. Users can search the tool by a variety of category tags. A [...]

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 July 2021, and include figures by year and jurisdiction. The applicable statistics are: Case closure Document attachment View NCIS operational statistics  

The NCIS New Zealand Mortality data series fact sheets have been released today. The fact sheets are the first to showcase New Zealand data in the NCIS collection. The fact sheets, New Zealand Mortality data series 2014–2018, examined all closed case injury, drug-related and intentional self-harm deaths reported to a New Zealand coroner in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 calendar years. The series provides a unique comparison between injury, drug-related and intentional self-harm deaths in [...]