Available Datasets

The following tables provide details on the most frequently requested datasets and collections available via Data Linkage Services. Some data collections are held within the WA Data Linkage System (WADLS), while others are held in the Linked Data Warehouse. For queries about available data collections, please visit our Contact Us page.

Data dictionaries can be found at the Dataset Information page. Variable lists are available for frequently requested datasets via the Application Forms page, or through contacting the relevant Data Custodian – please check for contact details in the tables below. For more detailed information on a specific data collection, applicants are advised to contact the Data Custodian directly.

All datasets are managed in Western Australia unless otherwise indicated with an asterisk (*).

WA Health Enterprise Linked Data Warehouse Collections:


Department of Health Data Collections

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Emergency Department Data Collection 2002 – previous month DataRequests.EDDC@health.wa.gov.au
Hospital Morbidity Data Collection 1970 – 6 months ago DOH.admitteddatacollection@health.wa.gov.au
Midwives Notification System 1980 – 2021 BirthData@health.wa.gov.au
WA Cancer Registry 1982 – 2021 WAcanreg@health.wa.gov.au
WA Notifiable Infectious  Diseases Database 1964 – 2020 CDCD.directorate@health.wa.gov.au
WA Register of  Developmental Anomalies –Birth Defects 1980 – 2021 gareth.baynam@health.wa.gov.au
WA Register of Developmental Anomalies – Cerebral Palsy 1980 – 2019 gareth.baynam@health.wa.gov.au

 


Other Health
Related Datasets

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Child Development Information Service 2008 – 2018 CommunityHealthResearch@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Fremantle Hospital 1996 – 2013 StateTraumaOffice@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Fiona Stanley Hospital 2014 – 2016 StateTraumaOffice@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Joondalup Hospital 2010 – 2016 StateTraumaOffice@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Princess Margaret Hospital 1998 – 2016 StateTraumaOffice@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Royal Perth Hospital 1994 – 2017 RPH.Trauma@health.wa.gov.au
Trauma Registry – Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 1996 – 2016 SCGHTrauma@health.wa.gov.au

 


Other Government Datasets

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Birth Registrations 1945 – previous month MetadataDataCollections@health.wa.gov.au
Cause of Death Unit Record File* (COD URF) 1969 – 2019 MetadataDataCollections@health.wa.gov.au
Death Registrations 1969 – previous month MetadataDataCollections@health.wa.gov.au
Electoral Roll 1988 – previous quarter MetadataDataCollections@health.wa.gov.au

*Indicated dataset is managed by organisation outside of Western Australia.

 

WA Data Linkage System (WADLS) Collections:


Department of Health Data Collections

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Aged Care Assessment Program 2003 – 2016 OED.IGRSPS@health.wa.gov.au
Monitoring of Drugs of Dependence System 1998 – 2019 MPRB@health.wa.gov.au
Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System 2002 – 2019 Epi@health.wa.gov.au
Home and Community Care 2004 – 2020

RoyalSt.ContractManagement@health.wa.gov.au

Mental Health Information System 1966 – 2022 MentalHealthData@health.wa.gov.au

 


Other Health
Related Datasets

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Breastscreen 1989 – 2022 BreastscreenWA@health.wa.gov.au
Cervical Screening Register 1997 – 2017 CervicalScreening@health.wa.gov.au
Drug and Alcohol Office 1985 – 2005 Data.Request@mhc.wa.gov.au
Intellectual Disability: Exploring Answers Database 1983 – 2020 helen.leonard@telethonkids.org.au 
Royal Flying Doctors Service 2000 – 2021 research@rfdswa.com.au
Silver Chain Nursing Association 1983 – 2022 SC-ResearchOffice@silverchain.org.au
St John Ambulance 1999 – 2017 Research@stjohnambulance.com.au

 


Other Government Datasets

Collection Name Date Range Contact Details
Australian Early Development Census* 2009 – 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021 Support@AEDC.gov.au
Department of Transport – Licensing Data 1912 – 2021 info@transport.wa.gov.au
Disability Services Commission 1952 – 2021 dsc@dsc.wa.gov.au
Insurance Commission WA Injury Claims 1985 – 2020  

Main Roads WA

  • ICWA-sourced crash data
  • WAPOL-sourced crash data
  • ICWA:
    2009 – 2022
  • WAPOL:
    1985 – 2022
AGI@mainroads.wa.gov.au

*Indicated dataset is managed by organisation outside of Western Australia.