The National Coroners Information System (NCIS) is a national internet based data storage and retrieval system for Australian coronial cases. Information about every death reported to an Australian coroner since July 2000 (January 2001 for Queensland) is stored within the system, providing a valuable hazard identification and death prevention tool for coroners and research agencies.

The NCIS has a primary role to assist coroners in their role as death investigators, by providing them with the ability to review previous coronial cases that may be similar in nature to current investigations, enhancing their ability to identify and address systematic hazards within the community.

Approved research and government agencies also utilise the NCIS to obtain valuable information concerning the circumstances of reported fatalities, to assist in the development of community health and safety strategies.

The NCIS is an initiative of the Australasian Coroners Society, and is based at and managed by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM). The NCIS is funded by a range of Commonwealth and State/Territory agencies.

NCIS Latest news

23/06/2009 – NCIS Annual Report and Fatal Facts (Editions 18 and 19)

The NCIS Annual Report is now available, along with the latest editions of our Fatal Facts publication.

Operational Statistics

The Operational Statistics page of our website has recently been updated, with statistics available in relation to case closure and document attachment.

Inclusion of ICD-10 codes for 2007

Codes provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ICD-10) are now available on the NCIS for cases reported in 2007.

Of the 19464 cases identified as reported to a Coroner in 2007 (as at March 2009), the NCIS has received ICD-10 codes for 72%. 

For further information on what data is contained on the NCIS, please refer to the following page.

9th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

"Applying the Science: an integrated approach" is the theme for the 9th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, which will be held in Melbourne from 27th-29th July 2009

The Conference, which is being hosted by the Monash University Accident Research Centre and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, will broach new boundaries by exploring links between forensic medicine, coroners’ investigations and the prevention of injury.

The Conference will feature a number of national and international speakers, along with an exciting scientific and social program.

For further information, and to register for the Conference, visit the official Conference website: http://www.injuryprevention2009.com/

11/07/2008 - Fact Sheet released on Alcohol involved deaths of young people

A fact sheet about deaths reported to a Coroner between 2003 and 2006 of those aged 13-25 years  with a BAC of greater than or equal to 0.05g/100mL has been released. This report uses data from the NCIS and can be viewed here.

14/11/2007 – NCIS Codeset Upgrade and NCIS Product Related Deaths Bulletin   

Click here to access Codeset Upgrade Concordance Document, and here to access a Bulletin produced by the NCIS team on product related deaths.

24/08/2007 - NCIS House Fires Bulletin

Click here to access a Bulletin produced by the NCIS team on deaths related to house fires.

17/08/2007 - Strategic Plan

Click here to access our Strategic Plan for 2007 - 2012.

01/08/2007 - Upgrade of NCIS code set

The implementation of the upgrade to the latest version of the coding system used for many fields on the NCIS (ICECI) is now underway. For further information, please refer to the following page.