Queensland Injury Atlas

Chief Investigators: Kirsten Vallmuur, Susanna Cramb, Thom Saunders, Victoria McCreanor, Ben Kleverlaan, Michael Smallcombe, Sarah Quijano, Tim Gurnett

To date, worldwide, no detailed maps covering many types of injuries are available. The proof of concept Queensland Injury Atlas examines rates and costs of hospitalised injuries across statistical areas level 2 (up to 518 areas). There are 67 different injury types included, 5 age group categories (all/0-14/15-24/25-64/65+) and 3 sex categories (males/females/persons). This is the most detailed atlas in types of injuries and geographical resolution. There has been significant widespread interest from external stakeholders in trauma, transport and compensation areas leading to a new round of funding by the Motor Accident Insurance Commission to complete a beta phase of development to develop a more open access platform which will incorporate a broader range of visualisation features and data sources (including geospatial coordinates of injury/crash incidents).