Injury Statistics Examples from Colorado Holly Hedegaard MD MSPH EMS and Trauma Data Program Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Section 81710 Injury Deaths and Hospitalizations Deaths National Vital Statistics System ID: 933002
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Comparing State and National Injury StatisticsExamples from Colorado
Holly Hedegaard, MD, MSPH
EMS and Trauma Data Program
Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Section
8/17/10
Slide2Injury Deaths and HospitalizationsDeathsNational Vital Statistics System www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm WONDER, WISQARS
HospitalizationsNational Hospital Discharge Survey www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhds.htm
AHRQ HCUPNet (Nationwide Inpatient Sample, NIS)
hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
Slide3Purpose of the StudyCompare NHDS and HCUPNet for national estimates of injury hospitalizationsCompare Colorado to national estimates
Slide4National Estimates for Injury Hospitalizations
Slide5ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes
ICD-9-CM
All Injury and Poisoning
800-999
Injury
800-959, 990-995
Poisoning
960-989
Complications of med/surg care996-999 Fractures, all sites800-829 Fracture, neck of femur820
First listed diagnosis only
Slide6Comparison of National EstimatesInjury Discharges in 2006
NHDS
(Number in Thousands)
HCUPNet*
(Number in Thousands)
All Injury and Poisoning
2,968
2,873
Injury
1,785
1,632 Poisoning271270 Complications of med/surg care912970
Fractures
, all sites1,0741,032 Fracture, neck of femur330304
First listed diagnosis only
Slide7Percent of All Hospital Discharges for Injury and Poisoning in 2006
Slide8Percent of All Hospital Discharges for Injury and Poisoning in 2006
Slide9Hospital Discharges for Poisoning Rate per 10,000 population by Age Group
Slide10Hospital Discharges for Femoral Neck Fracture, Patients Age 65+Rate per 10,000 population
Slide11Average Hospital Length of Stay (days) for Femoral Neck Fracture, Patients Age 65+
Slide12These results suggest that Similar estimates for injury and poisoning hospital discharges can be obtained from NHDS and the HCUP National Inpatient SampleStates can use these tools to compare their injury hospitalization rates with national estimates
Slide13Thank You!Holly Hedegaard, MD, MSPHEMS and Trauma Data ProgramColorado Department of Public Health & Environmentholly.hedegaard@state.co.us(303) 692-3005