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National injury prevention plan: priorities for 2001–2003
Overview
Injury prevention and control has been
recognised by Health Ministers as a
National Health Priority Area since
1986. Injuries remain a leading cause of
death, illness and disability in Australia.
This is despite dramatic advances in road
safety over the past two decades and
despite improvements in occupational
safety and clinical care. Injuries resulted
in 7,737 deaths in 1997 and
approximately 405,000 episodes of
in-patient hospital care in 1997/981.
Health system costs in 1993-94 due to
injury were estimated to be $2,601
million2. Whilst there has been reduction
in death rates, the costs of morbidity
(including long term disability) are
increasing in some areas.
Indigenous Australians, young men, and
people who live in rural and remote
areas are at particularly high risk of
injury. Injuries are the leading cause of
premature, preventable death in
Australia, and account for 47 percent of
all deaths at ages under 45 years1.
The cost to the nation is estimated to be
over 13 billion dollars per year yet many
injuries and their consequences are
preventable.
The National Injury Prevention Advisory Council (NIPAC) was established in 1997 to provide high level independent advice to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and to Health Ministers through the National Public Health Partnership, on ways to reduce the incidence and severity of injury in Australia.
The National Injury Prevention Plan:
Priorities for 2001-2003 (the Plan)
represents a broad framework for
national activity in the areas of high
priority for immediate attention where the
health sector can and should take a
leading role. It is tightly focussed on a
manageable number of priorities for
immediate action. It recommends a focus
for coordination of work in these areas
across jurisdictions and for identifying
partnership opportunities across sectors.
It was prepared by NIPAC in consultation
with key stakeholders for implementation
by Australian Governments and the
non-government sector.
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The National Injury Prevention Plan: Priorities for 2001–2003 is available from the National Public Health Partnership website
National injury prevention plan: priorities for 2004
Overview
The National Injury Surveillance Unit (NISU), a collaborating unit of the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), has prepared this report to assist the
Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) to identify priority injury issues for the next
National Injury Prevention Plan. This discussion paper provides a contextual basis for
considering topics and proposes and describes a set of topics as candidates for
selection.
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The National Injury Prevention Plan: Priorities for 2004 is available from the Research Centre for Injury Studies website.
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