Injury-Related Data

Importance of Looking at Injury-Related Data

Before an injury problem can be addressed, there is a need to know how big the problem is, where it is, and whom it affects. Gathering and analyzing data can show how an injury problem changes over time, offer an alert to troubling trends in a particular type of injury, and inform what impact prevention programs are having. Decision makers use these critical data in allocating programs and resources to the areas most in need.

Injury-Related Data Inventory and Guidance on Accessing the Data

A comprehensive list of publicly available national and state injury morbidity, mortality, and survey data is available for review. The list includes links to the source, a summary of the level of data available, and links to their data dictionary, when available. The list also includes notes for data users.

Query Systems with Illinois Injury-Related Data

The following query systems include data to learn more about the burden associated with unintentional and violence-related injury in Illinois:

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

A state-based program that gathers information on risk factors among Illinois adults 18 years of age and older through monthly telephone surveys.

Hospital Discharge Data

Provides statistics of aggregated hospital data by quarter.

Injury Facts

Comprehensive collection of preventable injury and fatality statistics.

IQuery

A web-based data query system for collecting and disseminating public health data.

Mortality Data

Provides Illinois resident mortality statistics.

Opioid Data Dashboard

Compilation of data from a variety of sources to provide an epidemiological snapshot of the impact of opioids on the state of Illinois.

Public Health Community Map

Provides information about the quality of health in Illinois communities available to the public and highlight socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities that may exist.

Traffic Crash Data

Provides query options for crash characteristics, occupants of motor vehicle incidents, and non-occupants of motor vehicle incidents.

Trauma Registry Data

Provides statistics of aggregated trauma register data by quarter.

WISQARS

(Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) - an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources.

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Monitors health behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.

Data Reporting Guidelines

In order to protect privacy, aggregate violence and injury data must sometimes be withheld from public display when it could potentially be used to identify or derive information about an individual. Data reporting will be limited in all reports that display aggregated information, though the specific rules will vary based on whether they include outcome information. A synopsis of rules that can be applied to assessment reporting systems can be found here.

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Special Emphasis Report: ACEs 2023

Prevalence of ACEs Using PCA

Child Injury

Emphasis Report that provides recent data on unintentional and intentional injuries and deaths among Illinois children from birth to five years old.

Keeping Illinois Kids Safe from Falls and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Infographic that provides data on falls and traumatic brain injury emergency departments visits for children.

Data Book/Guide

Making Illinois Safer: Injury, Violence, and Suicide Prevention Data Book 2013-2022

Making Illinois Safer: Injury, Violence, and Suicide Prevention Data Book 2010-2019

Guidance on Injury, Violence, and Suicide Surveillance Websites

Injury Data Guide that provides a comprehensive review of existing injury data websites available to the public.

Local Needs Assessment Mapping

Community Health Needs Assessment (2020)

Captures an at-a-glance summary of what local hospital needs assessments identified as their injury, violence, and suicide prevention priority areas, including topics related to shared risk factors.