Goal

Confident, friendly and safe communities

Indicator - 2.1.1.

Injuries and poisonings as measured by hospital separations.

Measure of Progress - 2.1.1.1.

Injuries and poisonings as measured by hospital separations.

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Baseline Measurement

During the year 1998, there were 6,819 separations of hospital inpatients for whom the primary diagnosis was injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Where does this information come from?

Department of Health and Human Services

Why do we use this Measure?

Fewer injuries should indicate a safer environment.

Explanation of measure

The count for the hospital separations for this measure is a count of inpatient hospital episodes where the principal diagnosis was coded to \\\'injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes\\\', ie S00-S99, T35-T50 in the AM Chapters of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.

Tasmania Together Targets

Year	Target
2005	5% compounding reduction
2010	5% reduction on 2005
2015	5% reduction on 2010
2020	5% reduction on 2015