Mortality Data

Data Source

• Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System

Mortality Data - Injury Summary

Causes of death are coded according to ICD-10. Injury can be described in two ways using ICD-10: (1) external cause of injury and (2) the nature of the injury. External cause codes describe the mechanism or cause of the injury (e.g., motor vehicle crash) and the manner or intent of the injury (e.g., unintentional). The nature of injury codes describe the body region or site of the injury (e.g., hip) and the diagnosis (e.g., fracture).

For more information see: ICD Injury Matrices

Publications

• Mortality Data Publications

Presentations

• Mortality Data Presentations

Public-use Data

• Mortality Data, Multiple-Cause-of-Death - Download the documentation and data for multiple cause of death files from 1968 to present.

Tools and Frameworks

• ICD-10 - External Cause of injury Mortality Matrix
  The ICD-10 External Cause Matrix emphasizes the mechanism or cause of the injury and places secondary emphasis on the manner or intent of the injury. The ICD-10 injury mortality framework was developed to be as consistent as possible with the recommended framework developed based on the ICD-9 external cause of injury codes.

• ICD-10 - Injury Mortality Diagnosis Matrix
  The ICD-10 Injury Mortality Diagnosis (IMD) matrix is a framework designed to organize injury diagnosis mortality data into meaningful groupings by body region and nature of injury.

• ICD-9 External Causes of Injury Mortality Matrix
  The ICD-9 External Cause Matrix emphasizes the mechanism or cause of the injury and places secondary emphasis on the manner or intent of the injury.

• 2006 NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties [PDF - 132 KB]

• ICD-10 Cause-of-Death Lists for Tabulating Mortality Statistics [PDF - 266 KB]

Interactive Query Systems

• Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
• Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
  • Multiple cause of death
  • Underlying cause of death

Related Links

• Writing cause of death statements
• U.S. Standard Death Certificate (2003 revision [PDF - 554 KB]
• International Classification of Diseases Home Page
• World Health Organization Injury and Violence
• State Health Departments
• National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)