Comparison of injury questions for household surveys Melissa A. Heinen, MPH Margaret Warner, PhD Lois A. Fingerhut, MA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics

Surveys compared Austria France Germany Canada United States Australia New Zealand Israel Mozambique Afghanistan

Surveys compared on Population Collection method Reporting Recall period Severity threshold Unit of analysis Section introduction Screen question

Collection Method Face-to-face Austria, US, Australia, Israel Telephone & Face-to-face Canada, Israel Telephone New Zealand, Germany Mail France

Severity Threshold Contact with medical system Austria, Israel, US Activity limitation Canada, New Zealand Medical treatment or activity limitation Germany Medical treatment / activity limitation / first aid Australia No threshold France, Afghanistan

Recall period 4 weeks Australia 1 month Mozambique (nonfatal) 3 months Germany, US 6 months Israel 12 months Austria, France, Canada, and New Zealand, Mozambique (fatal) 18 months Afghanistan

Unit of analysis - manner Unintentional injuries (only) Austria, France, Germany Unintentional and intentional injuries Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Mozambique, Afghanistan

Section introduction Definition of injury Definition of intent Exclusion criteria Severity threshold Examples of types of injury events or conditions Why the information collected is important

Screen Question Recall period Severity threshold Example of injuries Exclusion criteria

What’s next Workgroup Minimum dataset? Question wording? Compare results? Other ideas?