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Databases held by VISAR
26/07/2001
As shown in Table 1, VISAR has progressively established substantial holdings of statewide injury data at three levels of severity - deaths, hospital admissions and emergency department presentations.
Databases of incident cases held and utilised by VISAR
Table 1
| Level of severity |
Source |
No. of cases |
| Death* |
Victorian Coronial Facilitation System (VCFS): July 1989 to June 1995
Victorian Coronial Facilitation System (VCFS): July 1989 to June 1995
Australian Bureau of Statistics - National Injury Death data (ABS-Deaths)
1970; 1975; 1980; 1985; and 1990 to 1998
|
9,238
101,650 |
| Hospital admission |
Victorian Admitted Episodes Database (VAED).
Comprised of:
- public hospitals, July 1987 to June 1999
- private hospitals, July 1992 to June 1999
|
1,258,068
1,036,574
221,494 |
Hospital emergency
department presentation |
Original Victorian Injury Surveillance System database (VISS):
Nov 1988 to July 1996, 7 campuses of 5 Victorian public hospitals (detailed data)
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD):
October 1995 to February 2000, 28 Victorian
public hospitals (Level 1 data)
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173,330
933,938 |
*Deaths: additional data source:
The National Coronial Information System, currently under development, will supersede the VCFS and incorporate Victorian Coronial data.
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