Tracking Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

The Tracking Network uses hospital and emergency department databases and death certificate data to get state and local data about carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings. State-to-state comparisons about CO poisonings must be made carefully because data collection and reporting methods vary by state.

Tracking carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a standard way over time can help us

• better understand the health consequences of CO poisoning across the United States,
• learn about the effects of long-term exposures to low levels of CO,
• monitor trends,
• identify high risk groups, and
• determine the impact of public health policy aimed at preventing CO poisoning.