BOX 3-C
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Data
Use
of NEISS data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) enables
analyses of injuries by factors such as age and gender, type of vehicle, and
severity of injuries sustained. NEISS data are a probability sample of reports
from hospital emergency rooms in the
United States
and territories open 24
hours a day with at least 6 beds. Each hospital has a computer linked to CPSC
headquarters. Staff consistently computer code information in emergency room
medical reports, which allows injuries to be analyzed and compared within and
across transportation modes and over time. Physicians diagnose injuries,
specify injured body part(s), determine disposition, and give other detailed medical
information. NEISS data cannot estimate injuries treated at sites other than
hospital emergency rooms (e.g., HMOs, physician's offices, and onsite medical
facilities) and do not include investigative information aside from emergency
room medical reports.
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