Occupational Injury
Summary of Discussions from the
April 2-3, 2001 Meeting
Breakouts (2 sessions)

Geography represented:
United States
New Zealand
Netherlands
Australia
Canada
Europe
Russia by proxy

Discussed Criteria/parameters national data would need to meet to be included in a larger international comparison of fatal occupational injuries. Also discussed the desirable variables and their values/codes.

Agreed to post the criteria on the AdvICE LISTSERV, to both invite discussion and for consideration to by other countries to include their data in a larger comparison.

Other points of discussion:

There was interest expressed in focusing on exploring international comparison of work injuries among youth, especially in agricultural settings. (ICE Teen?)

Should we also strive to develop similar criteria and attempt to compare work-related hospitalizations (especially as U.S. moves to ICD-10) New target/goal?

Should we also strive to influence change in data collections to allow for comparable data with other countries (rather than just assume must accept what is readily available)

Noted that international comparisons can be very powerful in getting high-level attention and in making the argument for change; that international investment in revising data collections to conform to new, more comparable standards can be worthwhile. Perhaps this group should develop some position statement on this?

It was agreed that there would be value in analyzing the European Union international data and comparing other countries to the U.S./Australia/New Zealand data set to identify differences and determine the feasibility of improving comparability between international data. We will proceed to explore this opportunity.

Discussed proposing the following topics for a session on International Comparison of Occupational Injuries for the Montreal conference :

Motor Vehicle death comparison

International Reliability of coding

Analysis of European Union data

International comparison of ED data

Roundtable discussion of harmonizing national data for international comparisons

List of Occupational Variables
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