Childhood Injury in Wake County, NC: Local Use of Public Health Surveillance Data
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Methods Mortality (deaths) were identified in data available online through the NC State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS) and the NC Violent Death Reporting System. Hospital Discharges were identified through the NC SCHS hospital discharge data file and accessed by staff in the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch at NC Division of Public Health (NC DPH). Emergency Department Visits were identified through NC DETECT and accessed by project staff under a Data Use Agreement with NC DPH. Descriptive statistics and crosstabulations were computed using SAS version 9.2 and Microsoft Excel. Injury intent and mechanism were categorized based on ICD10 (mortality) or ICD-9-CM (ED and hospital) external cause codes. Rates were computed using estimates for 2010-2012 as the population denominators.
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