LEX 56139 
 
 
 
Document created in accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) 
 
 
Request 
In the Hawkesbury Gazette on 22 August 2017 it reported in part, “Among former serving 
members and their families, Veterans’ Affairs claims data shows 986 hospitalisations for 
intentional self-harm from 2000 to 2016 involving 789 people.” 
 
I require information for 2021 and 2022 for: 
: The number of former serving member hospitalisations for intentional self-harm by year, 
and 
: The total number of veterans involved in each year. 
 
Information 
Data as extracted 28/02/2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Veterans  Hospitalisations 
 
 
  2021  113 
135 
2022  74 
86 
 
 
172 
221 
 
 
Please note: 
Data is filtered based on at least one International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis code listed for 
the hospital admission in the range X60 to X84. X60 to X84 are ICD cause codes for intentional self-harm, 
noting the ICD codes do not include a distinction between ‘Intentional self-harm with suicidal intent’ or 
‘Intentional self-harm without suicidal intent’. 
The data includes hospital admissions where treatment of a diagnosis caused by intentional self-harm was 
recorded, noting this may not be the primary reason for hospital admission. 
Data is provided for all age groups for DVA clients with eligibility at the time of admission (Veteran Gold 
Card or Veteran White Card accepted condition), where DVA entitlement was used to fund the hospital 
admission. 
Data for 2021 has been updated to include the latest data for private and public hospital admissions. 
Data is based on hospital services accepted for DVA funding at time of data retrieval. 

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Document Outline

• LEX 56139
• Information
• Please note:
• Data is filtered based on at least one International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis code listed for the hospital admission in the range X60 to X84. X60 to X84 are ICD cause codes for intentional self-harm, noting the ICD codes do not inclu...
• The data includes hospital admissions where treatment of a diagnosis caused by intentional self-harm was recorded, noting this may not be the primary reason for hospital admission.
• Data is provided for all age groups for DVA clients with eligibility at the time of admission (Veteran Gold Card or Veteran White Card accepted condition), where DVA entitlement was used to fund the hospital admission.
• Data for 2021 has been updated to include the latest data for private and public hospital admissions.
• Data is based on hospital services accepted for DVA funding at time of data retrieval.

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