Bulletin 14 - Introduction
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Introduction
This Bulletin sets out to discuss issues of data quality and availability as
they relate to data on injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples, and presents a brief summary of national death and hospitalisation
data. For those readers interested in getting more detail, a copy of the
working paper Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Injury-Related
Hospitalisations 1991/92: A Comparative Overview[2] can be viewed
here.
The limitations of data about the general health of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples is the subject of current attention by the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare and other health agencies across Australia.
This paper focuses on the issues that affect assessment of injury patterns. For
example, deaths data are likely to identify Aboriginality more accurately for
injuries due to the coroner[Otilde]s involvement and there are particular
limitations of the International Classification of Diseases external causes
coding system[3] for accurately reflecting the causes of injury among
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
2. Moller J, Dolinis J, Cripps R. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
injury-related hospitalisations 1991/92: a comparative overview. Adelaide:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Injury Surveillance Unit,
1996.
3. World Health Organization. International classification of diseases (1975
revision), Geneva: WHO, 1977.
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