International Collaborative Effort
(ICE) on Injury Statistics
9th World Injury Conference

What is the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics?

PowerPoint Presentation

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International Collaborative Effort
-ICE-
on Injury Statistics

9th World Injury Conference: Merida, Mexico

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What this session will discuss

• What is the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics? Lois Fingerhut
• How has the ICE on Injury Statistics been successful for problem identification and description- a discussion of data collection tools, frameworks and methods used for data dissemination? Yvette Holder
• How has the ICE on Injury Statistics been a resource for problem response? Colin Cryer
• What are the challenges as ICE moves forward? Maria Isabel Gutierrez

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• Yvette Holder is a biostatistician and injury epidemiologist, currently serving as a international consultant and a member of the ICE Steering Committee since its inception.
• Colin Cryer is a biostatistician working in England for the University of Otago in NZ and an active member of ICE.
• Maria Isabel Gutierrez is the Director of CISALVA at the University of Valle, Chair of ISVIP and a member of ICE on Injury.

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The International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics

• One of several international activities sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
• First meeting was held in May 1994.
• Meetings have been held annually since then.
• Proceedings and presentations are all available on our website:
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Goals of the ICE on Injury Statistics

• Provide the data needed to better understand the causes of injury and the most effective means of prevention
• Provide a forum for international experts in injury prevention and control to discuss issues related to data.

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What countries have participated?

• Australia, Canada, Denmark, England and Wales, France, Israel, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, St. Lucia, and the United States
• More recently:
  • Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia , Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico

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At this conference...

• Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Wales along with new faces from participating countries and organizations
• Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, United States

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Organizational Collaborations

• Pan American Health Organization
• European Union/Commission
• WHO Center Heads for Classification
• Washington City Group (focus is on measurement of disability)
• ISVIP- International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention
• WHO Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability

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International requests for assistance

• ICECI- International Classification of External Causes of Injury
  • ICE participants have been actively engaged in the development and maintenance of this classification, now accepted by WHO
• Mortality Reference Group of WHO
  • ICE participants were asked to assist in the methodology for selecting a main injury among multiple causes of death

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Injury ICE Projects

• Reporting Frameworks
  • External causes of injury mortality and morbidity
  • Injury diagnoses for both morbidity and mortality
• Injury Indicators
• Selecting a main injury among multiple causes of death
• ICD comparability and definitions
• Occupational injury
• Household survey questions about injuries
• Poisoning - definition and classification questions
• Injury Severity

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Recent history

• Most recent meeting- 3 days ago here in Merida
• Previously - September, 2006 in DC
• Recognize the need to broaden our outreach to include more countries with experts who are interested in data-related activities
• Following-up to 2005 meeting in Cuernavaca to foster focus on surveillance of nonfatal injuries
• Workgroups on measuring severity and defining indicators
• Seeking guidance on funding sources.....

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What's next?

• ICD-11 - technical assistance for injury chapters
• Global Burden of Disease - technical assistance
• Measurement of injury severity- continuing
• Measurement of injury indicators - continuing

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AdvICE list...

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Thank you
LFingerhut@cdc.gov
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