Resource Tag: CASE REGISTERS

Background: In Australia, most state-based suicide registers now publicly release suicide mortality data alongside those the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases annually. Aims: This study compared ABS’s recorded suicides with three state-based suicide registers (Queensland, Victoria, and Tasmania). We compared their case definitions and coding approaches to assist users in choosing the most suitable […]

The aim of this publication is to provide a resource on how to establish or improve registration systems for suicide mortality. This includes: • The identification of deaths due to suicide; • Death certification of suicide cases using the International Classification of Diseases; • Coverage of suicide registration systems (in cases where the suicide reporting […]

Death registration systems in rural China are in a developmental stage. The Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) system provides the only nationally representative information on causes of death. In this system, there are no standard procedures or instruments for ascertaining causes of death; hence available statistics require careful evaluation before use. Contact us for a copy […]

This article describes the system development processes for an electronic case library, built to facilitate and support the suicide prevention service provided by a social service organization in Hong Kong. It is a knowledge management system in which both Ôrule-based reasoningÕ (RBR) and Ôcase-based reasoningÕ (CBR) are adopted. Initial test results, potentials and limitations of […]

While suicide among recently returned veterans is of great concern, it is a relatively rare occurrence within individual hospitals and clinics. Root cause analysis (RCA) generates a detailed case report that can be used to identify system-based vulnerabilities following an adverse event. Review of a national database of RCA reports may identify common vulnerabilities and […]

The authors utilized data collected by the New Mexico Violent Death Reporting System in 2005-2006 in order to define the demographic patterns of adult suicides in the state & to characterize risk factors. A total of 526 suicides occurred during this period, with the majority of victims being male & white non-Hispanics. The highest incidence […]

This study sought to determine the reliability of the Finnish National Register of Medicolegal Autopsies by comparing its data with cause-of-death statistics published by the Central Statistical Office of Finland & to assess its usefulness for epidemiological forensic research. The comprehensivesness of the register over the period 1986-1991 was studied in general terms & tested […]

The Queensland Suicide Register was used to identify suicide cases. Frequency of suicide communication was examined in subjects with schizophrenia, & compared with persons with other psychiatric conditions & with subjects with no reported diagnosis. Subjects with a reported diagnosis of schizophrenia comprised 7.2% (135 cases) of the 1,863 suicides included in this study. Subjects […]

This report provides a summary of findings related to the Death Registration and Cause of Death Determination System in Ireland. Findings arising from the analysis of data recorded on Form 104 are presented. Recommendations are made relating to new initiatives, the existing Form 104, the death registration system, & research.

The general objective of this study was to analyse the data recorded on the expanded version of Form 104, used in death investigations in Ireland. The present report begins with a summary of findings related to the death registration & cause of death determination system; a summary of findings arising from the analysis of data […]

This article reports on a door-to-door survey used to create a population-based twin register in Sri Lanka. The goal of this survey was to identify twins older than 18 years. A similar methodology was also used to identify a nontwin sample in order to determinate the degree to which twins were representative of the wider […]

Year 2004 suicide data from the South Carolina Violent Death Reporting System were linked to South Carolina Uniform Billing codes from hospital inpatient & emergency room billing records, State Dpartment of Mental Healthh service records, & criminal justice databases. Results shows the positive benefits of partnerships created through the South Carolina Violent Death Reporting System, […]

States included in this study: Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, & Virginia.

In this prospective population-based study, the National Health Interview Survey (1986-1994) was linked to the National Death Index (1986-1997) to assess factors that predict recent (within 12 months of interview) suicide versus suicide further in the future (more than 12 months after interview). Of the 653 completed suicides, 13.4% died within a year of interview […]

Fatal and nonfatal injuries due to suicidal behavior among younger adolescents are of growing concern for many communities. We examined the incidence and patterns of these injuries among persons aged 10–14 years using three databases, two national and a third from Oregon. Suffocation and firearm gunshot were the leading external causes of suicide; poisoning and […]

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This study compares estimated rates of intentional self-harm from 2 ongoing surveys (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey) to data from the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. Results suggest that, for every 2002-2003 suicide, there were 12 (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program) or 15 (National Hospital Ambulatory […]

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This article describes the Register for Suicide Attempts (RSA) that was developed during the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Parasuicide. The RSA is a longitudinal, person-based register that contains information about people who have been in contact with the health care system in the County of Funen as a result of a suicide. It contains 11 […]

This study investigated suicides’ contacts with various parts of the health care system. Data on 472 people who completed suicide in a Danish country in the period April 1991-December 1995 were searched in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register, the National Patient Register, the National Health Insurance, & Odense Pharmacoepidemiologic Database. 97.5% of the subjects were […]

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