Projects

• Reporting Frameworks
• ICD Comparability
• Injury Indicators
• Multiple Cause of Death
• ICECI
• Injury Surveillance Systems
• Collaboration with EU
• International Classification of Diseases

• Household Surveys
• Disability
• Terrorism
• Occupational Injury
• Poisoning
• Definition of Injury
• Other Ice-Related Projects

Reporting Frameworks

Injury Mortality Diagnosis Matrix

• Description of Matrix
• ICD-10 Codes for the Matrix (updated February 14, 2006)
• Number of Injury Diagnosis Mentions: US, 2002 (November 2005)
• Detailed ICD-10 Code Listing for All Injury Diagnosis Codes  (November 2005)
• Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut

External Cause of Injury Matrix

• WHO Center Heads for Classification meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland (October 2004)
  Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut
• ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents (November 2002)
  Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut
• ICD-9 Framework for Presenting Injury Mortality Data--External Cause (August 1997)
  Contacts: Lee Annest, Lois A. Fingerhut, or Elizabeth McLoughlin

Injury Diagnosis Matrix - Barell Matrix

• Barell Matrix - Moving to ICD-10 (May 2004)
  Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut
• The Barell Injury Diagnosis Matrix, Classification by Body Region and Nature of the Injury (November 2005)
  The cell for Burns to Other and unspecified lower extremities should be 945.x0, .x9 rather than 945.x0-.x9 (as it was originally written). The SAS code is correct.
  Contacts: Ellen MacKenzie, Limor Aharonson-Daniel,
  Megan Davies, or Lois A. Fingerhut
• The Barell Matrix Updates: The Composition of TBI Rows Multiple Injury Analysis (May 2002)
  Contacts: Limor Aharonson-Daniel and Megan Davies
• ICE 2004 Update: Multiple Injury Profiles (June 2004)
  Contact: Limor Aharonson-Daniel
• Proposed Methodology for Building Multiple Injury Profile (MIP) (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Limor Aharonson-Daniel

ICD Comparability

• US ICD-9/ICD10 Comparability for Injury (June 2004)
  Contact: Margaret Warner

Injury Indicators

• Injury Indicators: Purposes, Progress, Prognosis (June 2005)
  Contact: James Harrison
• ICE Injury Indicators Group: Update of Work (June 2005)
  Contact: Colin Cryer and John Langley
• Injury Indicators Update (June 2004)
  Contact: Colin Cryer
• Injury Severity Discussion of ICISS and ICDMAP (June 2004)
  Contacts: Lois A. Fingerhut and Ellen MacKenzie
• ICE Injury Indicators Group (ICEIInG) - Progress Report,
  aspirations, goals, and strategy development (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Colin Cryer
• Injury Indicators: Additional Validation Criteria (May 2002)
  Contact: Colin Cryer
• Injury Indicators: A Validation Tool (March 2002)
• Recommendations for Australian Injury Indicators (May 2002)
  Contacts: James Harrison and Malinda Steenkamp
• Injury Indicators (April 2001)
  Contact: Colin Cryer

Multiple Cause of Death

• Multiple Cause of Injury Data: Selecting a Main Injury (June 2005)
  Contact: Margaret Warner
• Selecting A Main Injury From Multiple Causes of Death: Step 1 Common Pairs (June 2004)
  Contact: Margaret Warner
• Selecting A Main Injury From Among The Multiple Causes of Death (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Margaret Warner
• Multiple Cause of Death Data and Poisoning (April 2001)
  Contacts: Cleo Rooney or Margaret Warner

International Classification of External Causes of Injury (ICECI)

• International Classification of External Cause of Injuries (ICECI) (June 2005)
  Contact: Saakje Mulder
• ICE on Injury, ICECI, Surveillance Guidelines and Violence Indicators (June 2005)
  Contact: Yvette Holder
• International Classification of External Cause of Injuries (ICECI): An Update (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Saakje Mulder
• Update on ICECI (May 2002)
  Contact: Margie Peden
• Data Dictionary (April 2001)
  Contact: Saakje Mulder
• Minimum Data Sets (April 2001)
  Contact: Yvette Holder
• Chapter XX Group Report (April 2001)
  Contact: James Harrison or Donna Pickett
• Comparability to ICD-10 (April 2001)
  Contact: James Harrison
• CDC's Short Version of the ICECI--A Pilot Test (April 2001)
  Contact: Lee Annest
• European Surveillance (April 2001)
  Contacts: Saakje Mulder or Anneke Bloemhoff
• Technical Comparability Between the ICECI 1.0 and ICD-10 (May 2002)
  Contact: James Harrison

Injury Surveillance Systems-Morbidity and Mortality (as reported, June 2005)

Mexico

• Injury Information Systems in Mexico, Progress and Challenges (June 2005) 
  Contact: Rafael Lozano and Martha Hijar
• Injury Data Classification on Injury Research: The Pedestrian Injuries Case in Mexico (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Martha Hijar

Brazil

• Mortality Data Collection and Public Hospitalization Data in Brazil (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Eugenia M S Rodriques and Vilma Pinheiro Gawryszewski
• The Impact of Firearm on Public Health in Brazil (June 2005) 
  Contact: Luciana Barreto Phebo

Nicaragua

• Hospital-based Injury Surveillance System (HBISS) in Nicaragua (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Francisco Tercero and Julio Rocha

Colombia

• External Causes Mortality Surveillance System in Colombia: A Successful Model (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Maria Isabel Gutierrez Martinez, Rafael Espinosa del Vallin, Andres Fandino-Losada, Edgar Munoz
• ICECI Application in Injury Surveillance in Cali, Colombia (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Andres Fandino-Losada, Edgar Munoz, Maria Isabel Gutierrez Martinez

Barbados

• Strengthening Violence and Injury Surveillance in Eastern Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities (June 2005) 
  Contact: Patricia Brandon

Puerto Rico

• Organizing a Pilot Project on Violent Injury Surveillance: Opportunities and Obstacles (June 2005) 
  Contact: Diego E. Zavala

Jamaica

• Jamaican Injury Surveillance System (June 2005) 
  Contact: Ron Hebert, Heron Technology

Argentina

• Pediatric Trauma Program: Pediatric Trauma Registry and Information Systems for Epidemiology Reserach, Control and Surveillance of Injuries in Argentina (June 2005) 
  Contact: Alberto E. Inon
• Developing A National Injury Surveillance System (June 2005) 
  Contact: Marta Vacchino
• Overview of Injury Mortality (June 2005) 
  Contact: Ingrid Waisman

Africa

• WHO Supported Injury Surveillance in Africa (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Olive Kobusingye (WHO AFRO), Kidist Bartolomeos, (WHO Mozambique), Malin Ahrne (WHO Ethiopia), Muluken Melese (WHO Ethiopia), Milton Muto (ICC-U Uganda) [given by Ian Scott]

South Africa

• The National Injury Mortality Surveillance System: An Overview of Fatal Injury Surveillance in South Africa (June 2005) 
  Contact: Richard Matzapoulous

Thailand

• From Provincial to National: The Development of Thailand Injury Surveillance  (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Chamaiparn Stantikarn and Siriwan Santijiarakul

Nicaragua, El Salvador and Colombia

• Implementing a Hospital-based Injury Surveillance Systems in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Columbia  (June 2005) 
  Contacts: Carme Clavel-Arcas and Alberto Concha Eastman (PAHO)
• Nicaragua Patient  Record Forms (in Español) 
• El Salvador Patient  Record Forms (in Español) 
• Colombia Patient  Record Forms (in Español) 

Chile

• Mortality and Morbidity From External Causes, Chile 1968-2003  (June 2005) 
  (English Translation)
  Contact: Danuta Rajs

ICE Collaboration with European Union (EU)

• European Union Public Health Programme: 2003 to 2008
  (June 2004) 
  Contacts: Birthe Frimodt-Moller and Saakje Mulder

Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV

• European Union Public Health Programme: 2003 to 2008
  (April 2003)
  Contact: Mathilde Sector
• Developing A Set of Indicators for Injuries/Accidents for the European Union: A Practical Approach (April 2003)
  Contact: Saakje Mulder
• Update on Injury registration in the Nordic Countries (April 2003)
  Contact: Johan Lund
  ICE Collaboration With EU (May 2002) 
  Contacts: Anne Mette Johansen and Birthe Frimodt-Moller
• European Union Group Discussions (April 2001)
  Contact: David Stone

International Classification of Diseases

• Results of the ICD 10 Bridge Coding Study in England and Wales (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contacts: Cleo Rooney or Clare Griffiths
• ICD-9 to ICD-10: Bridge Coding (April 2001) 
   Contact: Pnina Zadka
• International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,
  Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) Updates (April 2001) 
  Contact: Donna Pickett
• Transitions from ICD-9 to -10 - Australia's Updates to External Causes ICD-10 AM 3rd Edition (May 2002) 
  Contact: Malinda Steenkamp
• NISU Briefing: New External Cause Categories in the Third Edition of ICD-10-AM (May 2002) 
  Contact: James Harrison

Household Surveys

• Injury Questions on Household Surveys From Around
  the World
  Companion Tables 1, 2, and 3 for journal article, M Heinen, KS, McGee, and M Warner, Injury questions on household surveys from around the world, Inj Prev 2004 10:327-329
  Detailed tables available in ExcelTM spreadsheet
  Spreadsheet Description
  (Note: Save file to disk and then open in Microsoft ExcelTM.)
  Contact: Margaret Warner
• Household Injury Survey Comparison (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Margaret Warner
• Household Surveys of Injury: What Are the "Right" Questions to Ask and With What Recall? (May 2002)
  Contacts: Margaret Warnerr and Melissa Heinen
• Household Surveys and Injury Questions from Around the World (April 2001)
  Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut

Disability

Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV

• Incorporating Disability Measures Into Injury Measurement (April 2003)
  Contact: Barbara Altman
• ECOSA Working Group on Quantifying Post-Injury Levels of Functioning and Disability (April 2003)
  Contact: Saakje Mulder

Terrorism

• Deaths Due to Terror Acts - Coding the external Cause for Statistical Purposes (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Pnina Zadka
• Terrorism ICD Codes for U.S. Morbidity and Mortality
  Contacts: Margaret Warner and Lois A. Fingerhut
  Classification of Death and Injury Resulting from Terrorism

Occupational Injury

• Occupational ICE: Progress and Direction (June 2004)
  Contact: Nancy Stout
• Occupational ICE on Injury (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Nancy Stout
• Occupational Injury (April 2001)
  Contacts: Nancy Stout, Anne-Marie Feyer, or Ann Williamson

Poisoning

• Fatal Poisoning in Childhood, England and Wales, 1968-2000
  Contacts: Robert Flanagan, Cleo Rooney, and Clare Griffiths
• Drug Poisoning: Trends and Current Status US, England and Wales, Canada 
  Contacts: Lois A. Fingerhut, Clare Griffiths, and Kathryn Wilkins
• Suicide/Fatal Poisoning: England and Wales 1950-2002 
  Legends to Figures
  Contact: Robert Flanagan
• Fatal Poisoning: Controlled Drugs Other Than Heroin and Methadone
  Contact: Robert Flanagan
• Poisoning Deaths: Time For A New Definition
  Contacts: Lois A. Fingerhut and Clare Griffiths
• Poisoning Data England and Wales 1950-2001
  (Note: Save file to disk and then open in Microsoft ExcelTM.)
  Contact: Robert Flanagan
• Poison-ICE Update (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: Robert Flanagan
• Recording Acute Poisoning Deaths (2002)
  Contacts: Robert Flanagan and Cleo Rooney
• Poisoning Classification (April 2001)
  Contact: Robert Flanagan

Definition of Injury

• What Is An Injury? (April 2003), Proceedings of the ICE on Injury Statistics, Volume IV
  Contact: John Langley
• What ICD Diagnostic Codes Should We Consider as Operationally Defining an Injury?  (May 2002)
  Contacts: John Langley and Megan Davies
• Revisions to AIS and FCI (May 2002)
  Contact: Maria Segui-Gomez
  Anyone with comments or suggestions for the upcoming updates of the AIS and the FCI, please contact Ms. Elaine Woodzin or Dr. Tom Gennarelli, co-Chairs of the AAAM

Other ICE-Related Projects

• Hospital Separations Selection of Records for Injury Surveillance (June 2005)
  Contact: Susan Mackenzie
• WET-ICE (a.k.a. Drowning) (April 2001)
  Contact: Gordon Smith
• International Comparative Analysis of Injury Mortality:
  Add Your Country's Recent Data
  Contact: Lois A. Fingerhut
• International Comparison of Injury Case-Fatality Rates in the
  United States and New Zealand (May 2002)
  Contacts: Ted Miller, John Langley, Rebecca Spicer, and Shaun Stephenson
• Improving State Hospital Discharge Data: Insight from a 19 State Analysis (December 2001)
  Contacts: Bruce Lawrence, Harold Weiss, and Ted Miller

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