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Injury
Data and ResourcesRelated Injury Web Sites
FederalNational Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
www.cdc.gov/nchs
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
Health, United States
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Health, United States is an annual report on national trends in health statistics. The 2003 report includes a highlights section, chartbook, and 151 trend tables. The 1996-97 publication included an injury chartbook.
Healthy People 2010
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hphome/html
Healthy People 2010 contains 467 objectives designed to serve as a road map for improving the health of all people in the United States during the first decade of the 21st century.International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs/advice.htm
The purpose of ICE is to improve international comparability and quality of injury data. The ultimate goal is to provide the data needed to better understand the causes of injury and the most effective means of prevention.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC)
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/
NCIPC works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs
associated with injuries. As the lead Federal agency for injury prevention, NCIPC works closely with
other Federal agencies; national,
State, and local organizations;
State
and local health departments; and research institutions. The NCIPC
site offers fact sheets, data, publications, and other information
resources.
National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
www.cdc.gov/niosh
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the
Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. NIOSH is responsible for conducting research on the full scope of
occupational disease and injury ranging from lung disease in miners to
carpal tunnel syndrome in computer users.
Injury Control Resource Information Network (ICRIN)
www.injurycontrol.com/icrin
ICRIN is a dynamic list of key Internet accessible resources related to the field of injury research and control. The resources are in the form of annotated clickable hyperlinks to other Internet sources and documents. New users may want to look at the Instructions and the online ICRIN slide show that presents an overview of ICRIN's structure, content, and benefits.
Injury Prevention Web
(IPW)
www.injuryprevention.org/links/links.htm
The Injury Prevention Web hosts the Web sites of several agencies and
organizations working to prevent injuries. This site contains a weekly literature update of recent journal
articles and agency reports, injury data for every State, more
than 1400 links to government and nonprofit injury prevention sites
worldwide, suggestions of books for your library, and the gateway for
information about scheduled teleconference sessions.
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Data and Resources |
This page last reviewed
June 28, 2004
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