Fig 1.
National Ambulance Surveillance System data collection and coding process.
Processes in orange occur at the jurisdictional ambulance services, with processes in blue occurring at Turning Point.
Table 1.
Self-harm and mental health variables available in the NASS dataset.
Fig 2.
Types of self-harm related ambulance attendances per 100,000 population in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, 2016 snapshot months (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec).
Error bars represent the binomial proportion confidence interval based on Clopper-Pearson/exact interval.
Fig 3.
Self-harm types by current mental health and alcohol and other drug comorbidity and historical suicide attempts in 2016/2017 financial year.
Error bars represent the binomial proportion confidence interval based on Clopper-Pearson/exact interval.
Fig 4.
Drugs involved in Victorian suicide ideation and suicide attempt ambulance attendances.
(A) Percentage of drug categories involved in Victorian suicidal ideation and suicide attempt-related ambulance attendances, 2012 to 2018. (B) Percentage of individual analgesic drugs involved in Victorian suicide attempt-related ambulance attendances, 2012 to 2018. Error bars represent the binomial proportion confidence interval based on Clopper-Pearson/exact interval.