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FIGURE 1: CASE IDENTIFICATION FOR WORK RELATED STRESSOR SUICIDES

Deaths due to natural causes or unlikely to be known n = 31,813

Deaths without a work association, Intent = Unknown causes n=7,406

Intent = unintentional, assaults, legal intervention, civil conflict and acts of terrorism, complications of medical or surgical care n= 1,294

Work relatedness = means commercial transport, work location, work agent primary not work stressor. n = 352

Investigation still open n = 6,325

Deaths reported to Coroners in Victoria, July 2000- December 2008 (as at December 2010). (NCIS) n = 47, 568

Cases formally completed (closed) by a coroner (as at December 2010) n = 41,243 [n = 4,934 suicides]

Deaths due to external causes n = 9,430

Work Related Fatality Database Work relatedness = At worknot traffic crash, at work traffic crash, bystander, commercial transport, commuting to or from work, Do-it-yourself (DIY), work agent, work stressors, work location, other (Bugeja et al, 2009) n = 2,024

Suicides Intent = Intentional self-harm

n = 730

Work stressor suicides Work relatedness or secondary work relatedness = work stressor n = 378 Work stressor = business related financial

problems, recent retrenchment or fear of this occurring or resignation, previous work injury, difficulty gaining employment or no longer being employable or fear of this, workplace wrong doing mostly with legal implications, conflict with colleagues or supervisors, harassment/bullying

General/other work stress suicides n = 92

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