3317.0.55.001 - Information Paper: External Causes of Death, Data Quality, 2005

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Summary Introduction ABS Quality Framework and Causes of Death Collection Causes of Death Statistical Process Potential Data Quality Issues Affecting External Causes of Death Data External Causes of Death Data Analysis Interpretation of External Causes of Death Data Initiatives to Address External Causes of Death Data Quality Issues Footnotes References About this Release	The purpose of this paper is to provide advice to users of ABS Causes of Death data about data quality issues concerning external causes of death and to assist them in interpreting the existing collection. Common external causes of death are suicide, transport accidents, falls, accidental poisoning, suffocation, drowning and assault. The process of producing causes of death data is described in the publication. Data quality issues relating to particular parts of the process and the current impact of these data quality issues on the data for external causes of death data are described. Cautions are given regarding interpretation of the data, and recent initiatives to address these data quality issues are discussed. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.