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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Welcome to the 2008 meeting of the International Collaborative Effort -ICE- on Injury Statistics. International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  1. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Welcome to the 2008 meeting of theInternational Collaborative Effort -ICE- on Injury Statistics

  2. International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics • An international activity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) • Annual meetings since May 1994 • Visit our website www.cdc.gov/nchs/advice.htm

  3. Goals of the ICE onInjury Statistics • Provide essential data and tools for understanding causes of injury and effective means of prevention • Provide a forum for international experts in injury prevention and control to discuss data issues

  4. Participating Countries • Early members… • Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, St. Lucia, United States • Recent participants from… • Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad

  5. Organizational Collaborations • Pan American Health Organization • European Union/Commission • World Health Organization (WHO) • Center Heads for Classification • Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability • Washington Group (measurement of disability) • International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention (ISVIP)

  6. Today we also welcome • Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka, and Wales along with new faces from participating countries and organizations • Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, United States

  7. Thanks to many of you… • But special thanks go to my NCHS Injury Team colleagues • Margaret Warner • Li-Hui Chen • Gwen Bergen

  8. Logistics: Our 1/2-day agenda • Folders contain agenda, participant list, information on joining ICE List-serve, briefing on Indicators • Agenda: • Cross-national injury indicators- primary focus • Progress from workgroups • State of the Injury ICE • Relationships with other organizations

  9. Cross-national injury indicators • Special thanks to Maria Segui-Gomez and Colin Cryer for spearheading this session • Take note of the charts on the walls.. • While we brainstorming about indicators do not lose sight of the validation criteria • Note the charts related to data comparability derived from the validation criteria

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