Table 1 Traumatic death descriptors for the Top End and subregions
From: Characteristics of trauma mortality in the Northern Territory, Australia
| Â | All regions | Accessible | Moderately accessible | Remote | Very remote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | 141761 | 96671 | 11784 | 10751 | 22554 |
Traumatic deaths | 416 | 184 | 53 | 65 | 114 |
Annualised traumatic death rate (per 100000) | 58.7 | 38.1 | 91.6 | 119.1 | 101.1 |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 319 (76.7) | 139 (75.5) | 46 (86.8) | 43 (66.2) | 92 (80.7) |
 Female | 97 (23.3) | 46 (25.3) | 8 (15.1) | 21 (32.3) | 22 (19.3) |
Ethnicity | |||||
 Indigenous | 198 (47.6) | 56 (30.4) | 6 (11.3) | 43 (66.2) | 92 (80.7) |
 Non-Indigenous | 217 (52.2) | 128 (69.6) | 48 (90.6) | 21 (32.3) | 22 (19.3) |
 Unknown | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Age Group | |||||
  < 16 years | 28 (6.7) | 5 (2.7) | 3 (5.7) | 6 (9.2) | 14 (12.3) |
  ≥ 16 years | 388 (93.3) | 179 (97.3) | 50 (94.3) | 59 (90.8) | 100 (87.7) |
Mechanism | |||||
 Assault | 44 (10.6) | 20 (10.9) | 4 (7.5) | 9 (13.8) | 11 (9.6) |
 Drowning | 24 (5.8) | 10 (5.4) | 3 (5.7) | 8 (12.3) | 3 (2.6) |
 Falls | 28 (6.7) | 20 (10.9) | 2 (3.8) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (4.4) |
 Suicide | 148 (35.6) | 72 (39.1) | 24 (45.3) | 17 (26.2) | 35 (30.7) |
 Transport | 147 (35.3) | 53 (28.8) | 17 (32.1) | 26 (40.0) | 51 (44.7) |
 Other | 25 (6.0) | 9 (4.9) | 4 (7.5) | 4 (6.2) | 8 (7.0) |
ISS | |||||
 Not identified | 8 (1.9) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.5) |
 1–15 | 14 (3.4) | 8 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.1) | 4 (3.5) |
 16–24 (serious) | 15 (3.6) | 10 (5.4) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.1) | 2 (1.8) |
 25–39 (severe) | 235 (56.5) | 113 (61.4) | 30 (56.6) | 36 (55.4) | 56 (49.1) |
 40–75 (critical) | 144 (34.6) | 51 (27.7) | 20 (37.7) | 25 (38.5) | 48 (42.1) |
Alcohol Involvement | 235 (56.5) | 103 (56.0) | 23 (43.4) | 42 (64.6) | 67 (58.8) |