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Table 2 Rates (per 1000 population) for trauma and assault compared across three phases

From: A longitudinal observation study assessing changes in indicators of serious injury and violence with alcohol controls in four remote indigenous Australian communities in far north Queensland (2000–2015)

  

2000–08

2009–12

2013–15

2000–08

2009–12

2013–15

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

RFDS retrievals for trauma

Community

1

21.5

14.7

17.5

BASE

−31.7%

−18.7%

2

15.0

13.3

21.7

BASE

−11.7%

44.0%

3

24.2

13.2

18.4

BASE

−45.3%

−24.0%

4

21.0

16.5

12.8

BASE

−21.4%

−39.0%

Average

20.5

14.4

17.6

BASE

−29.4%

−13.9%

Occurrences of assault recorded by QPS

Community

1

123.3

74.5

118.6

BASE

−39.6%

−3.9%

2

131.0

70.0

135.9

BASE

−46.6%

3.7%

3

79.0

76.0

44.7

BASE

−3.9%

−43.4%

4

102.4

66.9

71.3

BASE

−34.7%

−30.4%

Average

108.9

71.8

92.6

BASE

−34.1%

−15.0%

Victims of assault recorded by QPS

Community

1

73.2

54.9

83.9

BASE

−25.1%

14.5%

2

84.4

55.1

83.6

BASE

−34.7%

−0.9%

3

51.5

60.1

31.9

BASE

16.6%

−38.1%

4

71.2

51.3

43.4

BASE

−28.0%

−39.1%

Average

70.1

55.3

60.7

BASE

−21.1%

−13.4%