Reviewing the revisions: what are the Australian Bureau of Statistics suicide figures really telling us?

For several years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has cautioned data users of likely underreporting of suicide statistics due to delays in coronial processes and (since 2006) exclusive reliance on the National Coronial Information System, which often contains incomplete information on cause of death. In 2009, the ABS introduced data revision processes that allowed additional information received to be added... Language: en