Data Methods and Interpretation module

Glossary

Burden of Injury
Costs to the health care system to care for people who are injured at the time of injury

Incidence
Defined as the # of new cases of a given condition occurring within a defined population

Intentional injuries
Violence or Self-Inflicted

Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL)
Defined as the # of years that an individual lost because they died before reaching the normal life expectancy (usually standardized to 75)

Prevalence
Defined as the # of cases of a given condition at a specific point in time

Unintentional Injuries
Inadvertent or accidental
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Related Resources: List of injury database websites

International:

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/surveillance/databases/en/

National Mortality Databases:

National Morbidity Databases:

Provincial:

http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/resources/injury-data-online-tool-idot/

Other useful reports:

References

Pike I, Richmond S, Rothman L, Macpherson A (eds.) (2015). Canadian Injury Prevention Resource. Parachute, publisher: Toronto, ON.
Pike, I., Piedt, S., Warda, L., Yanchar, N., Macarthur, C., Babul, S., Macpherson, A. (2010). Developing injury indicators for Canadian children and youth: a modified-Delphi approach. Injury Prevention, 16, 154-160. doi:10.1136/ip.2009.025007
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2014). Evidence-Informed Public Health. National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. Retrieved from: http://www.nccmt.ca/eiph/ index-eng.html
Parachute. (2015). The Cost of Injury in Canada. Parachute: Toronto, ON
Statistics Canada. (2016). Vital Statistics – Death Database. Retrieved from: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3233
Statistics Canada. (2016). The Coroner and Medical Examiner Systems. Retrieved from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-214-x/2012001/int-eng.htm
Canadian Institutes for Health Information. (2016). Discharge Abstract Database. Retrieved from: https://www.cihi.ca/en/types-of-care/hospital-care/acute-care/dad-metadata
Canadian Institutes for Health Information. (2016). National Ambulatory Care Reporting System. Retrieved from: https://www.cihi.ca/en/types-of-care/hospital-care/emergency-and-ambulatory-care/nacrs-metadata
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2016). Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program. Retrieved from: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/injury-bles/chirpp/index-eng.php
Statistics Canada. (2016). Canadian Community Health Survey. Retrieved from: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3226
Statistics Canada. (2016). National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Retrieved from: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4450
World Health Organization. Table – Disease and injury regional mortality estimates, 2000 – 2012, World Bank income groups. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_ disease/estimates/en/index1.html

Canadian Injury Prevention - Data Methods Module

Data Methods and Interpretation module