 IPW Home Publications Available
|
Healthy People 2010 - With Annotations
Chapter 15
Injury and Violence Prevention
Lead Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Goal: Reduce injuries, disabilities, and deaths due to unintentional injuries and violence.
15-12. Reduce hospital emergency department visits caused by injuries.
Target: 112 hospital emergency department visits per 1,000 population.
Baseline: 130 hospital emergency department visits per 1,000 population were caused by injury in 1997.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC, NCHS.
| Total Population, 1997 | Injury-Related Hospital Emergency Department Visits Rate per 1,000 |
| TOTAL | 130 |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | DSU |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | DSU |
| Asian | DSU |
| Native Hawaiian - Pacific Islander | DSU |
| Black or African American | 180 |
| White | 125 |
| Hispanic or Latino | DSU |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | DSU |
| Black or African American | DSU |
| White | DSU |
| Gender | |
| Female | 115 |
| Male | 145 |
| Education level | |
| Less than high school | DNC |
| High school graduate | DNC |
| At least some college | DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Emergency department (ED) patient records and hospital discharge systems are an important source of public health surveillance and an integral part of the vision of electronically linked health information systems that can serve multiple purposes. Because of the volume and case mix of patients they treat, EDs are well positioned to provide data on cause and severity of injuries. Access to such data can help with the development of population-based public health interventions.
Read Operational Definition for this Objective
Read Overview of Injuries
Back to HP 2010 Injury Objectives Page
Rev. 20-Aug-2001 at 06:50 hours.