Table of contents

  • Contents
  • Executive summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations used
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Fall-related deaths by children; Australia
    • 2.1 Data source
    • 2.2 Identifying fall-related injury deaths
    • 2.3 Deaths due to accidental falls by children (E880-E888)
    • 2.4 'Extra' falls among children aged 0-14 years
    • 2.5 Data issues
  • 3 Hospital separations due to falls among children; Australia
    • 3.1 Data source
    • 3.2 Identifying hospitalisations due to falls
    • 3.3 Hospital separations due to accidental falls among children (E880-E888)
    • 3.4 'Extra' falls in children
    • 3.5 Data issues
  • 4 Emergency department visits due to falls by children; Victoria
    • 4.1 Data source
    • 4.2 Identifying ED visits due to falls
    • 4.3 ED visits due to falls among children
    • 4.4 Data issues
  • 5 Discussion
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A1: Tables on deaths due to accidental falls among children (E880-E888);Australia 1979-1998
    • Appendix A2: Tables on hospitalisations due to falls among children; Australia 1993/94-1997/98
    • Appendix A3: Tables on ED presentations to VISAR hospitals due to falls among children
    • Appendix A4: Extracts from VEMD User manual
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures