1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2007

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Of Tasmania's three Regions, the Northern Region had the second highest number of claims for 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03.

In 2002-03, of the 902 claims received in the Northern Region, 808 (89.6%) were for head, leg, arm, neck, trunk or psychological injuries. Of these, injuries of the neck accounted for the largest number of claims, 300. Some 9 claims were for fatalities.

MAIB CLAIMS, Northern Region(a)(b)
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03

Injury location	no.	no.	no.

Fatalities	12	16	9
Head	101	104	91
Leg	126	111	109
Arm	148	100	116
Neck	313	299	300
Trunk	199	193	183
Psychological	15	11	9
Nil injury/checkup	107	90	85
Total	1,020	923	902

(a) Region where the injury occurred. (b) Some data included in this table were aggregated into regions from postcode data. As a result, the sum of the components may not always equal the total. The Northern Region contains 7209-7304 excluding 7256 and 60% of 7215. Source: Motor Accidents Insurance Board.