Slide 1
International Collaborative Effort
-ICE-
on Injury Statistics
Lois A. Fingerhut
Chair, ICE on Injury Statistics
Special Assistant for Injury Epidemiology
9th World Injury Conference: Merida, Mexico
Slide 2
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
Slide 3
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.
Slide 4
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).
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.
Slide 6
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
Slide 7
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
Slide 8
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
Slide 9
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
Slide 10
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
Slide 11
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.....
Slide 12
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
Slide 13
AdvICE list...
Send SMTP message to listserv@cdc.gov and type in the
body of e-mail "Subscribe AdvICE-Users" followed by your full name.