E-Bulletins and short reports

E-Bulletins

E-Bulletins summarise the analysis of the latest available year of death or unintentional hospital-treated injury data overall and by age group (children aged 0-14 years, adolescents and young adults aged 15-24 years, adults aged 26-64 years, and older adults aged 65 years and older). Analysis covers the frequency, rate, trends, causes, location, activity being undertaken, type of injury and body region injured.

• Unintentional (accidental) hospital-treated injury in Victoria 2009 [pdf 813KB]
• Unintentional (accidental) hospital-treated injury in Victoria 2008 [pdf 854KB]
• Injury deaths Victoria 2006 [pdf 608KB]
• Unintentional (accidental) hospital-treated injury in Victoria 2007 [pdf 335KB]
• Unintentional (accidental) hospital-treated injury in Victoria 2006 [pdf 333KB]
• Injury deaths Victoria 2005 [pdf 210KB]
• Unintentional (accidental) hospital-treated injury in Victoria 2005 [pdf 260KB]

Short reports

VISU researchers prepare comprehensive reports on injury issues of interest. These selected short reports are based on information requests to VISU.

These selected short reports are based on information requests to VISU.

• Injuries related to adventure sports (all ages)
• Injury related to the use of baby slings
• Injuries relating to beauty and appearance enhancing procedures (all ages)
• BMX related injury (all ages)
• Child injury related to inflatable ‘bouncy / jumping castles'
• Diving–related injury (all ages)
• Door finger jam (entrapment) injury (ages 0-14)
• Injury related to elastic luggage straps
• Injuries related to exercise bikes (all ages)
• Hospital admissions for firearm-related injury (all ages)
• Injuries in field hockey players (all ages)
• Injuries associated with flotation toys and swimming aids
• Home heating, hot water and hot appliance injury in children (0 to 15 years)
• High chair injuries in children
• Hot drink scalds in children aged 0 to 4
• Inline skating related injury (all ages)
• Ladder fall injury (all ages)
• Injuries related to marine animals (all ages)
• Injuries related to martial arts (all ages)
• Nursery furniture-related injuries in children aged 0-4 years
• Oven and stove related burns and scalds in the home (all ages)
• Playground equipment and trampoline injury in children (0 to 14 years)
• Portacot-related injuries in toddlers aged 0-2 years
• Emergency Department presentations related to injury on public transport (all ages)
• Injury related to rodeo sports (all ages)
• Shopping trolley-related injury to children
• Skateboarding related injury (all ages)
• Observed wearing rates of protective gear amongst skatepark users: pilot observational study
• Serious snakebite and other snake related injury (all ages)
• Slips and falls in supermarkets: July 1999 to June 2009
• Injury related to telephones and music players (all ages)
• Tennis- and squash- related injury (all ages)
• Injury related to toys among children aged 0-5 years
• Tractor–related injury (all ages)
• Treadmill-related injury (all ages)
• Injuries related to TV tip-overs (all ages)
• Vaporiser-related injury in children aged 0-14 years
• Vehicle jack related injury (all ages)
• Yoga-related injury (all ages)

Special reports

Injury causes, trends and burden - Victoria 2009