Term: Injury Resulting in Hospitalization or Death

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2008-06-11

Definition:

Counts of hospitalizations or death due to injury include any inpatient hospitalization with an injury diagnosis or any death with an injury cause of death. Injuries were defined by ICD-9 E-codes in the cause of death field from death records from Vital Statistics or ICD-9-CM E-codes from any of the 16 diagnosis fields in hospital abstract data.

Related concepts 

• Cause of Death Coding in the MCHP Vital Statistics Mortality Registry Data

Related terms 

• External Cause of Injury Codes
• Hospitalization Rates for Injuries
• Injury Hospitalizations
• Injury Indicators
• Injury Mortality
• Injury Mortality Causes
• Total Mortality by Cause & Injury Mortality by Cause

References 

• Martens P, Fransoo R, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Romphf L, Chateau D, Bailly A, Ouelette C. What Works? A First Look at Evaluating Manitoba's Regional Health Programs and Policies at the Population Level. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)