Number of hospital separations with an external cause code for intentional self-harm and a place of occurrence of Health service area
This item has been retired and is not recommended for use by any registration authority.
Definition
Separations in which a patient self-harmed during an admission.
Indicator Summary
Intentional self-harm identified by ICD-10-AM external cause codes X60–X84. Self-harm is defined in ICD-10-AM as ‘Intentional self-harm: includes purposefully-inflicted poisoning or injury, suicide and attempted suicide.’
Place of occurrence of health service area identified by ICD-10 code Y92.22.
Excludes separations with a principal diagnosis of an injury or poisoning (ICD-10-AM codes beginning with S and T).
Analysis by state and …
2009-10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2009-10—State and territory, by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
Calculation rules
- Description
Intentional self-harm identified by ICD-10-AM external cause codes X60–X84. Self-harm is defined in ICD-10-AM as ‘Intentional self-harm: includes purposefully-inflicted poisoning or injury, suicide and attempted suicide.’
Place of occurrence of health service area identified by ICD-10 code Y92.22.
Excludes separations with a principal diagnosis of an injury or poisoning (ICD-10-AM codes beginning with S and T).
Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.
Presented as:
- a number, and
- per 1,000 separations.
Number of hospital separations with an external cause code for intentional self-harm and a place of occurrence of Health service area
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- Data Element
- Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]
Total number of separations
2009-10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2009-10—State and territory, by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
References
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