International Collaborative Effort -ICE- on Injury Statistics

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International Collaborative Effort -ICE- on
Injury Statistics

• Lois A. Fingerhut, Chair
• Cuernavaca, Mexico
• June 1st-2nd, , 2005

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Welcome!

• Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia ,
  Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico
• Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, South Africa,
  Thailand, St. Lucia, and the United States
• Pan American Health Organization, World Health
  Organization, CDC (US)

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In your folders

• Agenda
• Participant list
• ICE on Injury Statistics 10 year review
• International mortality comparison report
• Report from WHO on External cause of injury lists
• NCHS injury resource documents
• Brief introductions of all attendees

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Injury ICE Projects

• Reporting Frameworks
• External causes of injury mortality and morbidity
• Injury diagnoses for both morbidity and mortality
• Injury Indicators
• Selecting a main injury among multiple causes
• of death
• ICD comparability and definitions
• Occupational injury
• Household survey questions about injuries
• Poisoning definition and classification
  questions
• Injury Severity

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Collaborations

• Pan American Health Organization
• European Union/Commission
• ICECI (International Classification of External
  Causes of Injury)
• WHO Center Heads for Classification
• Washington City Group (focus is on measurement of
  disability)

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AdvICE list
Send SMTP message to listserv_at_cdc.gov and type in
the body of e-mail "Subscribe AdvICE-Users"
followed by your full name.
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International death rate comparisons

• Thanks to all of you!

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Notes

• Rates are crude and not age-adjusted
• Standard errors were not requested
• Scales are different on each chart!
• Countries are ordered on the charts by population
  size
• Format follows previous work of the ICE on Injury
  Statistics
• Copy of that report is in your folder

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Injury death rates, selected years
Sorted from hi to low
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Injury death rates by mechanism
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Injury death rates by intent
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Percent distribution of injuries by intent
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Injury death rates- children 1-14 years
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Injury death rates ages 15-24 years
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Injury death rates 35-54 years
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Injury death rates 65 years and over
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Next steps

• Update and verify data!
• Provide age-adjusted rates
• Standard errors
• Obtain data from additional countries from Latin
  America and from other ICE participants
• Draft and edit text
• Submit to journal

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General meeting information
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A warm welcome to all!