Variable lists for individual datasets can be found at the Application Forms page.
Data dictionaries can be found at the Dataset Information page.
Some of the datasets below are stored in the Custodian Administered Research Server (CARES) and can be found at the CARES page.
All datasets are managed in Western Australia unless otherwise indicated with an asterisk (*).
Information by Dataset Source:
Department of Health Western Australia Data Collections
| Aged Care Assessment Program | Emergency Department Data Collection | WA Cancer Registry |
| July 2003 – Mar 2016 238,901 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
lauren.melling@health.wa.gov.au |
2002 – end of month prior to previous month 15,469,355 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
DataRequests.EDDC@health.wa.gov.au |
1982 – most complete calendar year (approx. 2 year lag) 590,000 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
wacanreg@health.wa.gov.au |
| Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System | Home and Community Care | Hospital Morbidity Data Collection |
| 2002 – 2019 79,467 records Linked annually Variable list available;
Tim.landrigan@health.wa.gov.au |
2004 – June 2014 2,584,960 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
lauren.melling@health.wa.gov.au |
1980 – 6 months prior to previous month 27,724,056 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
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| Mental Health Information System | Midwives Notification System | Monitoring of Drugs of Dependence System |
| 1966 – end of month to previous month 19,754,408 records Linked monthly 1966 – 2014 (old format, person based)
2014 – 6 months ago (new format, event based) Variable list available; |
1980 – Dec 2019 1,004,918 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
|
1998 – 2019 871,752 records Linked annually Variable list available;
susan.gontaszewski@health.wa.gov.au |
| WA Notifiable Infectious Diseases Database |
WA Register of Developmental Anomalies – Birth Defects |
WA Register of Developmental Anomalies – Cerebral Palsy |
| 1981 – Jul 2020 502,993 records Linked annually Variable list available;
clare.huppatz@health.wa.gov.au |
1980 – 2015 60,572 records Linked annually Variable list available;
dylan.gration@health.wa.gov.au |
1980 – Aug 2019 2,416 records Linked annually Variable list available;
linda.watson@health.wa.gov.au |
Other Health Related Datasets
| Breastscreen | Cervical Screening Register | Child Development Service |
| 1989 – 2019 1,758,170 records No linkage schedule |
1997 – November 2017 5,420,158 records No linkage schedule |
May 2008 – December 2018 Over 100,000 annual service events No linkage schedule |
| Drug & Alcohol Office | Intellectual Disability: Exploring Answers Database |
Royal Flying Doctors Service |
| 1985 – 2005 34,287 records No linkage schedule |
1983 – 2020 50,689 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
jenny.bourke@telethonkids.org.au |
July 2000 – June 2020 113,709 records No linkage schedule Contact RFDS for variable list:
Helen.Bartholomew@rfdswa.com.au |
| Silver Chain Nursing Association |
St John Ambulance | Trauma Registry – Fiona Stanley Hospital |
| 1983 – July 2018 372,806 records Linked annually |
1990 – 2017 4,592,079 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
Research@stjohnambulance.com.au |
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015 5,913 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
lisa.welthy@health.wa.gov.au |
| Trauma Registry – Fremantle Hospital |
Trauma Registry – Joondalup Hospital |
Trauma Registry – Princess Margaret Hospital |
| Dec 1996 – Dec 2014 14,824 records No linkage schedule Contact Data Services:
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Jan 2010 – Dec 2016 10,396 records No linkage schedule |
Dec 1997 – Dec 2016 18,591 records No linkage schedule |
| Trauma Registry – Royal Perth Hospital |
Trauma Registry – Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
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| Aug 1994 – Dec 2017 102,565 records No linkage schedule |
Oct 1996 – Dec 2016 14,037 records No linkage schedule |
Other Government Datasets
| Australian Early Development Census* | Birth Registrations | Cause of Death Unit Record File* |
| 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 861,345 records No linkage schedule This data contains information from across
all states and territories. WA specific data contains 95,010 records. Variable list available;
support@AEDC.gov.au |
1945 – previous month 1,703,972 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
annette.tyler@health.wa.gov.au |
1969 – 2018 486,413 records Linked annually Please note, the above date range does not
indicate complete data. Please contact the DLB for more information. Variable list available; annette.tyler@health.wa.gov.au |
| Death Registrations | Electoral Roll | Department of Communities |
| 1969 – month prior to previous month 525,146 records Linked monthly Variable list available;
dataservices@health.wa.gov.au |
1988 – previous quarter 2,415,822 records Linked quarterly Variable list available;
annette.tyler@health.wa.gov.au |
1994 – 2015 2,163,262 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
research@communities.wa.gov.au |
| Department of Education – Attendance & Suspension |
Department of Education – WA Literacy and Numeracy Assessment |
Department of Education – National Assessment Program of Literacy and Numeracy |
| 2008 – 2014 745,155 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
alan.dodson@education.wa.edu.au |
1999 – 2007 731,915 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
alan.dodson@education.wa.edu.au |
2008 – 2014 678,040 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
alan.dodson@education.wa.edu.au |
| Department of Education – WA Certificate of Education |
Department of Justice – Courts Data |
Department of Justice – Juvenile Justice |
| 2007 – 2013 212,737 records No linkage schedule Contact Data Services:
|
2000 – 2015 834,254 records No linkage schedule Contact custodian for variable list
information; RAAC@justice.wa.gov.au; see data availability information |
2000 – 2014 103,543 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
RAAC@justice.wa.gov.au |
| Department of Justice – Adult Justice |
Department of Transport – Licensing Data |
Disability Services Commission |
| 2000 – 2014 168,331 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
RAAC@justice.wa.gov.au |
1912 – June 2019 2,600,912 records Linked annually Variable list available;
Christopher.Davers@transport.wa.gov.au |
1952 – October 2018 30,348 records No linkage schedule Variable list available;
Abdu.Adem@dsc.wa.gov.au |
| Insurance Commission WA Injury Claims | Main Roads WA | WA Police – selected cohorts only |
| 1985 – 2019 1,158,583 records Linked annually Variable list available;
robert.marchesi@icwa.wa.gov.au |
1985 – 2018 2,303,374 records Linked annually ICWA Sourced crashes are available from:
2009-2017. 166,948 records. WAPOL Sourced crashes are available from: 1985-2017. 2,136,426 records Variable list available; anthony.maroni@mainroads.wa.gov.au |
1970 – September 2016 89,267 records No linkage schedule |
*Indicated dataset is managed by organisation outside of Western Australia.