Data Sources and Electronic Links

INVENTORY OF NATIONAL INJURY DATA SYSTEMS

Behavioral Risk Factors/Injury Incidence

• Behavioral Risk Factor Survey System (BRFSS)
  • Use: provide state-specific information especially on disability, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and general preparedness.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ (data available for downloading)
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
  • Use: school-based survey of 9th through 12th grade students to provide state estimates especially on traffic safety behavior, violence-related behavior, suicide, and drug abuse.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm (data available for downloading)
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
  • Use: provide national estimates especially on disability, injury, and poisoning.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NHIS/ (data available for downloading)

Injury Morbidity Data

• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)
  • Use: provides national estimates of nonfatal injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars (nonfatal injury data for query)
    URL:http://www2a.cdc.gov/risqs/default.asp (work-related injury for query)
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
  • Use: provide national estimates on the utilization and provision of ambulatory care services in hospital emergency and outpatient departments.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/ahcd1.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NAMCS/ (data available for downloading)

• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
  • Use: provide national estimates on the provision and use of ambulatory medical care services from office-based physicians.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/ahcd1.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NAMCS/ (data available for downloading)

• National EMS Information System (NEMSIS)
  • Use: provide pre-hospital care data.
  • URL: http://www.nemsis.org/ (Currently no data available for downloading)
• National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
  • Use: provide information on hospitalizations less than 30 days.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NHDS/ (data available for downloading)

• National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS)
  • Use: provide information on ambulatory surgical care in hospital-based and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSAS (data available for downloading)

• Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP)
  • Use: the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data with all-payer, encounter-level information.
  • Include the nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the Kid’s Inpatient Database (KID), the State Inpatient Databases (SID), the State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD), and the State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD).
  • URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/ (require an application to access data)

• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
  • Use: provide information on use, cost, payment of health services and health insurance coverage.
  • URL: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/ (data available for downloading)
• Indian Health Service-Ambulatory Care & Inpatient Care Systems
  • Use: provide information on ambulatory care and inpatient care among Indians.
  • URL: http://www.ihs.gov/nonmedicalprograms/ihs_stats/ (Currently no data available for downloading)
• Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
  • Use: provide information on patient home health care outcomes.
  • URL: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/ (data available for downloading)
• Minimum Data Set For Nursing Home Resident Assessment and Care Screening (MDS-Nursing Homes)
  • Use: provide information on health care in nursing homes.
  • URL: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NursingHomeQualityInits/ (Currently no data available for downloading)

Injury Deaths-Death Certificates

• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)
  • Use: provides national fatal injury data.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars (fatal injury data for query)

• National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
  • Use: provide national death certificate data.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm (require an application to access data)
• National Mortality Follow-back Survey- 1993 (NMFS93)
  • Use: supplement the death certificate with survey from the next of kin.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nmfs/nmfs.htm
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NMFS/ (data available for downloading)

Automotive/Transport Injury Data

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
  • Use: a census of motor vehicle crashes to result in at least one death within 30 days of the crash in the U.S.
  • URL: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/fars/ (data available for downloading)

• National Automotive Sampling System-General Estimates System (NASS-GES)
  • Use: provide a national sample of police reported motor vehicle crashes.
  • URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/ges.html
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/ges/ (data available for downloading)

• National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS)
  • Use: on-site investigation, interview, and medical record of a national sample of 5,000 crashes a year.
  • URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/cds.html
  • FTP: ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/nass/ (data available for downloading)

• NHTSA Special Crash Investigation (SCI)
  • Use: over 200 crash investigations per year on emerging technology and vehicle defects.
  • URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/sci.html (currently no data available for downloading

• Railway Safety Data
  • Use: provide railroad safety data including train collisions, railroad inspections and highway-rail crossing.
  • URL: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.asp (data available for downloading)

   

Automotive Behavioral Data

• The Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS)
  • Use: a national sample of 120,000 large truck crashes to examine the critical events and risk factors.
  • URL: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/ltccs/default.asp  (data available for downloading)

• National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
  • Use: provide data on travels by all modes for all purposes and distances.
  • URL: http://nhts.ornl.gov/ (currently on data available for downloading)

• National Occupant Protection Use Survey
  • Use: observation survey to provide safety belt use for states and the nation.
  • URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2007/810690-CrashStat-HTML/810690.html (currently no data available for downloading)

Occupational Injury Data

• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System – Work RISQ
  • Use: provides national estimates of nonfatal work-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments.
  • URL:http://www2a.cdc.gov/risqs/default.asp (work-related injury for query)

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
  • Use: statistical reports on fatal work injuries.
  • URL: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshfat1.htm (currently no data available for downloading)

• Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII)
  • Use: provide data on illness and injuries on the job.
  • URL: http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm (currently no data available for downloading)
     

 Violent Death Data

• National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
  • Use: provide data on crime incidents reported by law enforcement agencies.
  • URL: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/ucr.htm (currently no data available for downloading)
     
• Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA)
  • Use: provide data on the felonious and accidental line-of-duty deaths and assaults.
  • URL: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm (currently no data available for downloading)
    
• National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), 17 states
  • Use: provide data on violent death from 17 states.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/nvdrs/  (data available for downloading)

• Uniform Crime Reports-Supplemental Hate Crime
  • Use: provide data on crime incidents motivated by a bias against race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
  • URL: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm (currently no data available for downloading)
     

Crime and Victimization Data

• National Crime Victimization Survey (NCFS)
  • Use: annual survey on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of the criminal victimization.
  • URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm (online query)

• National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
  • Use: provide data on the annual volume and nature of child maltreatment.
  • URL: http://www.childwelfare.gov/ (require an application to access data)

• National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS)
  • Use: periodic research effort to assess the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
  • URL: http://childwelfare.gov/systemwide/statistics/nis.cfm (require an application to access data)

Drug Abuse Data

• Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
  • Use: provide data on drug-related emergency department visits and deaths.
  • URL: http://www.dawninfo.samhsa.gov/ (currently no data available for downloading)
    
    
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health
  • Use: provide data on prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse.
  • URL: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda.htm (online query)

• Monitoring the Future Survey (MTFS)
  • Use: provide data on drug, alcohol, and cigarette use among adolescent students.
  • URL: http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/mtf.html (currently no data available for downloading)
    
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
  • Use: school-based survey of 9th through 12th grade students to provide state estimates especially on traffic safety behavior, violence-related behavior, suicide, and drug abuse.
  • URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm (data available for downloading)

Other Injury Data

• National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
  • Use: provide data on fires and other incidents responded by fire departments.
  • URL: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/nfirs/index.shtm (currently no data available for downloading)
     
• Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) Limited Data Sets
  • Use: provide data on hospitals and beneficiaries on inpatient services.
  • URL: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/LimitedDataSets/ (require an application to access data)

• Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
  • Use: provide data on health status, health care use and expenditures, and health insurance coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.
  • URL: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/mcbs/  (currently no data available for downloading)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION/PRIVATELY HELD INJURY DATA SYSTEMS

Trauma care/poisoning data

• National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
  • Use: aggregated trauma registry data. 
  • URL: http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.html (require an application to access data)

• Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS)
  • Use: provide data on poison exposures reported to poison centers.
  • URL: http://www.aapcc.org/poison1.htm (require an application to access data)

• United States Eye Injury Registry
  • Use: aggregated eye injury registry data.
  • URL: http://www.useironline.org/  (require an application to access data)