a profile of fatal injuries in South Africa
Third Annual Report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System

Contents

Executive Summary (pdf format, 273 kb)
  Acknowledgements
  Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme: Core Staff

CHAPTER 1. The National Injury Mortality Surveillance System
(pdf format, 26 kb)
Compiled by Gail Wyngaard, Richard Matzopoulos and Ashley van Niekerk

1.1 Goals of the NIMSS
1.2 Aims of the NIMSS
1.3 NIMSS methodology
1.4 NIMSS annual report
1.5 A guide to the NIMSS annual report
1.6 Terminology

CHAPTER 2. Participating facilities and data representivity
(pdf format, 139 kb) Compiled by Megan Prinsloo

CHAPTER 3. Manner of non-natural death (pdf format, 338 kb)
Compiled by Megan Prinsloo

3.1 Manner of non-natural death by sex
3.2 Manner of non-natural death by population group
3.3 Manner of death by age
3.4 Manner of death by sex and age
3.5 Manner of death by population group and age
3.6 Manner of non-natural death, seasonal trends
3.7 Manner of non-natural death, provincial variations

CHAPTER 4. External causes of non-natural death
(pdf format, 342 kb) Compiled by Megan Prinsloo

4.1 External causes of non-natural death by sex
4.2 External causes of non-natural death by age

CHAPTER 5. Homicide (pdf format, 489 kb)
Compiled by Christine Harris and Ashley van Niekerk

5.1 Homicide: seasonal trends
5.2 Homicide: external causes by sex
5.3 Homicide External cause by population group
5.4 Homicide: external causes by age
5.5 Homicide: scene of injury by sex
5.6 Homicide: day and time of death
5.7 Homicide and blood alcohol concentration
5.8 Homicide: implications for prevention

CHAPTER 6. Transport-related deaths (pdf format, 465 kb)
Compiled by Anesh Sukhai and Ashley van Niekerk

6.1 Transport-related deaths: seasonal trends
6.2 Transport-related deaths by user category and sex
6.3 Transport-related deaths by user category and population group
6.4 Transport-related deaths: user categories by age
6.5 Transport-related deaths: day and time of death
6.6 Transport-related deaths by user category and blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
6.7 Transport-related deaths: implications for prevention

CHAPTER 7. Burns, falls and drowning, and unintentional deaths
(pdf format, 256 kb)
Compiled by Brett Bowman and Ashley van Niekerk

7.1 External causes of other unintentional injury deaths
7.2 Burns, falls, drowning, and other unintentional injury deaths: seasonal trends
7.3 Burns, falls, drowning, and other unintentional injury deaths by sex
7.4 Burns, falls, drowning and other unintentional injury deaths by population group
7.5 Burns, falls, drowning and other unintentional injury deaths by age
7.6 Burns, falls, drowning and other unintentional injury deaths by scene of injury
7.7 Burns, falls and drowning by day and time of death\
7.8 Burns, falls, drowning and other unintentional injury deaths by blood alcohol concentration
7.9 Burns, falls, drowning and other unintentional injury deaths: implications for prevention

CHAPTER 8. Suicide (pdf format, 369 kb)
Compiled by Hilton Donson and Ashley van Niekerk

8.1 Suicide: seasonal trends
8.2 Suicide: external causes by sex
8.3 Suicide: external causes by population group
8.4 Suicide: major external causes by age
8.5 Suicide: scene of injury by sex
8.6 Suicide: day and time of death
8.7 Suicide and blood alcohol concentration
8.8 Suicide: implications for prevention

CHAPTER 9. Manner of Death Undetermined (pdf format, 167 kb)
Compiled by Christine Harris

9.1 Manner of death undetermined by sex
9.2 Undetermined manner of death by age

Concluding Statement (pdf format, 443 kb)

APPENDIX I: Inter-city and regional comparisons
Compiled by Anesh Sukhai and Richard Matzopoulos

APPENDIX II: NIMSS data collection form

Administrator: Mr Richard Matzopoulos
MRC, Tel: +27 21 938-0536, E-mail: richard.matzopoulos
@mrc.ac.za

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10-Feb-2006

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