Injury Data Base
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim
This means that this kind of information is not recorded by this data source.
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Incident
Code system used
- Specific to organisation
The Injury Database Coding Manual
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
Date and location of incident, physical injuries, data about the incident from the Accident and Emergency Department.
Protection order
Civil justice data
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
This administrative data source does not collect information on Prosecution process
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
List of offenses
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
Frequency of updating
Quality assurance process
The Data Protection Act. Data submitted to the EU is not identifiable.
Comparability
No information available
Timeliness
Immediately
When the patient goes to the Emergency Department
Current developments
IDB is still in its infancy and is presently organizing periodical visits to Emergency Departments to improve data collection.
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
Data forwarded to the Injury Data Base from Emergency Departments from Public Hospitals. Main Hospitals in Malta: Mater Dei and Gozo General Hospital (the sister Island of Malta)