The National Coroners Information System as an information tool for injury surveillance

Tim Driscoll
ELMATOM Ltd, Riverview, NSW

Geoff Henley
James E. Harrison
Research Centre for Injury Studies
Flinders University, SA

2003
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canberra
AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 60

This report assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the National Coroners Information System (NCIS), particularly in terms of its coverage and data integrity and in supporting injury prevention initiatives, primarily by comparing it to the ABS Deaths Data Collection. Specific injury topic areas are considered to aid this assessment, but the focus is on illustrating the functions of the NCIS rather than providing a comprehensive description of the topic area.

The NCIS was found to be potentially very useful for injury prevention purposes because of the considerable detail available in the coded and text variables and in the attached text documents. However, there are still a number of limitations that need to be addressed.

The report is available as a PDF document (~ 991 Kb).

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