County Health Assessment Indicator Technical Notes About Injury Data
| Indicator/Contact for information | Data Source | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide total and age 15-19, Homicide, Unintentional Injury, Motor Vehicle and non-Motor Vehicle crude and adjusted mortality rates Contact: Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics ; at (518) 474-3189 |
Vital Records a Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics |
All deaths receive an ICD-10 code indicating the primary cause of death. Mortality rates are per 100,000 population.** The codes used for the rates in this section are as follows: Suicide: X60-X84, Y87.0 Homicide: X85-Y09, Y87.1 Unintentional injury: V01-X59, Y85-Y86 Motor vehicle related: V02-V04, V09.0, V09.2, V12-V14, V19.0-V19.2, V19.4-V19.6, V20-V79, V80.3-V80.5, V81.0-V81.1, V82.0-V82.1, V83-V86, V87.0-V87.8, V88.0-V888,V89.0,V89.2 Non-motor vehicle mortality: Unintentional deaths minus Motor Vehicle deaths. |
| Self-inflicted injury age 15-19, assault, unintentional injury by age group, and traumatic brain injury hospitalization crude and age adjusted rates Contact: Bureau of Injury Prevention, at (518) 473-1143 |
Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System-SPARCS b Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics |
The number of hospitalizations per 10,000 with a primary diagnosis using the following ICD-9 codes: Self-inflicted injury: E950-E958 Assaults: E960-E968 Unintentional injury: E800-E928, (excluding E870-E879) Falls: E880-E888, (excluding E887) Poisoning: E850.0-E850.9, E852.0-E855.9, E858.0-E866.9, E868.0-E869.9, E9500-E9529, E9620-E9629, E9800-E9829, E851, E856, E857, E867, E972 Traumatic brain injury: 800-801.9, 803-804.9, 850-851.9, 852-854.1, 950.1-950.3, 959.01 and 995.55. Both crude and age adjusted rates are presented. ** |
| Alcohol related motor vehicle injuries and deaths, Contact: Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research , at (518) 453-0298 |
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles | Data are based on the NYSDMV county MV-144A, Table 1 and the DMV Office of Data Processing, NYSDMV AIS Data Base. For more traffic safety information and data, see the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee website. |
Data notes:
a Vital Records: Information is extracted from birth, death and fetal death certificates. When percentages are calculated records with missing information for the indicator of interest are excluded from the calculation. Population based rates use population estimates provided by the US Bureau. ICD-10 codes are used for cause of death.
b Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System-SPARCS: Data on hospitalizations are collected through the hospital inpatient discharge data system. Each hospitalization receives an ICD-9 code at discharge which indicates the primary reason for the hospitalization. Data are not available on events that did not result in a hospitalization, such as cases that were only treated in a hospital emergency room.
** The standard population used for age adjustment was the 2000 US population.
