TY  - SER
ED  - Monash University Accident Research Centre
TI  - Intentional injury among adults in Victoria
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Melbourne, Vic.
PB  - Monash University Accident Research Centre
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - PHYSICAL ABUSE
KW  - ASSAULT
KW  - GENDER DIFFERENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - MEN
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - VICTORIA
N1  - Hazard, no. 83, December 2017
N2  - his issue of Hazard provides an overview of intentional injury
in Victoria, among adults aged 15 years and older. Intentional
injury encompasses both self-harm: purposely self-inflicted
injury or poisoning; and assault: injuries inflicted by another
person with intent to injure or kill. This report is based on VISU-
held Emergency Department (ED) presentation and hospital
admissions data, and deaths recorded in the National Coronial
Information System. Injury trends as well as injury patterns in the
three most recent years of available data are presented.
The purpose of this edition of Hazard is to:
• Provide insight into trends and patterns of assault-related
death and hospital treated injury in Victoria;
• Investigate self-harm related hospital treated injury trends
and patterns in Victoria;
• Present an overview of self-harm deaths (suicide) in Victoria.

Injury trends are presented for the years 2006/7 to 2015/16
(hospital data) and 2006/7 to 2013/14 (deaths); more detailed
injury statistics are presented for the years 2013/14 to 2015/16. (From the document). Record #8073
UR  - https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1213759/-Hazard_iss83_dec17.pdf
UR  - https://www.monash.edu/muarc/research/research-areas/home-and-community/visu/hazard
ER  -