Dataset Information - Data Linkage WA

Materials on this page are available for download. Please acknowledge the Data Linkage Branch as a source where applicable.

See the list of available datasets for general information on data collections available via the WADLS.

See the application forms section for variable lists.

Data Dictionaries

Birth Registrations

Birth Registration Data Dictionary (Word Doc, 63KB)

Cancer Register

Please contact wacanreg@health.wa.gov.au for the latest version of the Cancer Register Data Dictionary.

Cause of Death Unit Record File (COD URF)

User Guide (Word Doc, 509KB)
Please note: please cross reference the fields in the User Guide, with those available on the Data Linkage Branch Variable COF URF list.

Death Registrations

Mortality Data Variable Notes (Word Doc, 101KB)

Electoral Roll

Electoral Roll Data Variables (Word Doc, 43KB)

Emergency Department Data Collection

Emergency Data Variables(Word Doc, 500KB)

Hospital Morbidity Data Collection

Hospital Morbidity Data Dictionary (Word,369 KB)
Hospital Morbidity Data Collection Reference Manual – Part A – Data Elements (PDF, 3075KB)
Hospital Morbidity Data Collection Reference Manual – Part B – Variable Lists (PDF, 2164KB)
Clinical Coding (external link)
ICD and DRG Versions (PDF, 41KB)

Mental Health Information System

Mental Health Data Collection Research Data Dictionary (PDF, 557KB)
Mental Health Data Collection MHIS-MIND Data Element Concordance (PDF, 172KB)

Midwives Notification System

Midwives Data Variables, Data Quality Statement and Metadata (external link)
Notification of Case Attended form (external link)
Guidelines for Midwives, Notification of Case Attended (PDF, 773KB)

WA Register of Developmental Abnormalities (WARDA) Cerebral Palsy (CP)

WARDA-CP Coding Manual – CP and associated impairments (2018) (PDF, 146KB)

Child Development Service (CDS)

CDS Data Reference Manual (Word, 420KB)
Table and Identifier relationships (Word, 63KB)

Data Quality Statements

Emergency Department Data Collection

Hospital Morbidity Data Collection

Mental Health Information Data Collection

Midwives Notification System

Linkage Quality Statements

The Data Linkage Branch also maintains a series of Linkage Quality Statements containing information on the core datasets we link:

Birth Registrations Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 191KB)
WA Cancer Registrations Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 155KB)
Death Registrations Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 180KB)
WA Electoral Enrolments Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 154KB)
Emergency Department Data Collection Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 154KB)
Mental Health Information System Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 154KB)
Midwives Notifications Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 160KB)
Hospital Morbidity Data Collection Linkage Quality Statement (PDF, 154KB)

Geocoding Information

SEIFA and Remoteness Area Notes (Word Doc, 36KB)
MatchCodes and MatchScores (Word Doc, 29KB)