Indicator Profile of Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations
Why Is This Important?
Since 1992, there have been approximately 8,120 unintentional injury hospitalizations of Utah residents each year. Injuries do not happen by chance and the events leading up to injuries are not random. Choosing safe behaviors, using safety equipment, and obeying safety laws can prevent most unintentional injuries. The top 3 leading causes of unintentional injury hospitalizations in 2006 in Utah were falls, motor vehicle crashes, and poisoning.Number of Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations per 10,000 Persons by Year, Utah, 1992-2006
Data Notes
All injury cases for this indicator are consistent with the injury case definitions found in the Consensus Recommendations for Using Hospital Discharge Data for Injury Surveillance (2003) developed by the State and Territorial Injury Program Directors Association (STIPDA) Injury Surveillance Workgroup. ICD stands for International Classification of Diseases. It is a coding system maintained by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics used to classify causes of death on death certificates and diagnoses, injury causes, and medical procedures for hospital and emergency department visits. The U.S. is currently using the 10th revision to code cause of death. The 9th revision is still used for hospital and emergency department visits.Data Sources
Utah Inpatient Hospital Discharge Data, Office of Health Care Statistics, Utah Department of Health; Population Estimates: Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget;Other Views
Definition
The number of unintentional injuries among Utah residents per 10,000 persons as reported in hospitalization records.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of unintentional injuries reported in hospitalization records among Utah residents. |
| Denominator: | Total population of Utah. |
Page Content Updated On 10/26/07,
Published on 11/21/07
