1. ICECI Minimum Data Set for Less-Resourced Environments ICE Injury Meeting, April 2-3, 2001 Bethesda, Maryland Yvette Holder, MPH Associate Service Fellow, CDC/NCIPC

2. International Classification of External Cause of Injury Intent Mechanism Object Place Activity Alcohol Use Other Psychoactive Drug Use Mode of Transport Type Counterpart Perpetrator/Victim Rel. Circumstances of Assault Proximal Risk Factor Other Modules

3. Injury Surveillance Information System Occupation AssaultsTransport Sport Suicides MDS CORE Source: Fingerhut, L “Ice on Injury Statistics”

4. Core Data Set - for All Injuries Minimum Data Set (MDS) Age, Sex, Intent, Place Activity, Nature of Injury, Mechanism/External Cause Text Summary Optional Data Set Date, Time, Residence, Alcohol Use, Drug Use, Object, Severity, Disposition

5. Modules for Specific Injury Types e.g. Assaults Minimum Data Set Circumstances, Perpetrator/Victim Relationship Optional Data Set Object

10. Place Of Occurrence (First Two Levels of Detail)

11. Place of Occurrence (Third Level of Detail)

12. Building a Data Set Core Minimum Data Set with basic categories + modules + data elements + detailed categories = ICECI

13. Way Forward Application – Surveillance Guidelines Validation –Comparison with Injury Matrix (60% of specifically defined cells) excludes non-traffic, machinery, overexertion and natural/environment includes sexual assault –% of unspecified injuries according to the ICECI MDS ?Further editing