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Snowsports injury data

Annual snowsports injury claims data, hospitalise and non hospitalised, genders, ages, injury nature and causes, recovery times, permanent or non permanent disability, costs, in summary report format if available of xlx or both.

I am studying for diploma in Health and safety and am reviewing the Burden reports and would like to analyse snowsports injury data against the all burden of injury related to health loss data in the burden reports. my discussion paper is required to be submitted on 18 June 2023.

providing me with the data to compare how the snowsports industry contributes to the overall burden of injury related health loss.

Thank you for your assistance.


Response from
Accident Compensation Corporation

Dataset submitted

Kia ora Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-030256 Thank you for your request of 30 January 2024, asking for the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): Annual snowsports injury claims data, hospitalise and non-hospitalised, genders, ages, injury nature and causes, recovery times, permanent or non-permanent disability, costs, in summary report format if available of xlx or both. The requested information is attached: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-030256-data-for-snowsports-injuries And here: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-030256-data-for-snowsports-injuries/resource/e124c5ea-2ade-4d0c-80b3-64061d242617 When interpreting the data provided, please refer to the ‘Notes’ tab. We are refusing to provide data on hospitalisations as this data is not held by ACC. This decision has been made under section 18(g)(i) of the Act. Claim counts fewer than four Some values only indicate that a claim count is fewer than 4 (denoted as <4). In other instances, values are suppressed and denoted as two dots (..). This limits the potential for individuals or matters specific to certain individuals to be identified. This decision has been made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest in making the information available and have determined that it does not outweigh the need to protect our clients’ privacy. If you are not happy with this response You can also contact the Ombudsman via info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. ACC Government Services

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